Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread hce
On 5/11/08, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:27:15PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > > > package to my local dire

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Micha
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:35:19 -0400 Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:27:15PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > > > pack

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/10/2008 03:28 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:42:27AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: There is no single command to do this. You would use several simple commands instead. First use this to get the URL: apt-get --print-uris package Then select the URL and use wget to downl

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:42:27AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > There is no single command to do this. You would use several simple > commands instead. > > First use this to get the URL: > apt-get --print-uris package > > Then select the URL and use wget to download it: > wget "URL" What's wrong wi

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:27:15PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > > package to my local directory rather than /usr? > > I don't know of any such option for d

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/10/2008 06:00 AM, hce wrote: Hi, What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the package to my local directory rather than /usr? Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim There is no single command to do this. You would use several simple commands instead. First use this

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Micha
On Sat, 10 May 2008 14:27:15 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > > package to my local directory rather than /usr? > > I don't know of any suc

Re: Option to call apt install package to local directory

2008-05-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > Hi, > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > package to my local directory rather than /usr? I don't know of any such option for dpkg (which is what apt uses to actually install the packages), but maybe you