Am Fr, den 28.05.2004 schrieb Chadley Wilson um 16:01:
Hey PPl.
Given that there is an option in synaptic to download files only,
there is. Or use "apt-get -d"
I was wondering if this feature could be used to install packages on
a
system without internet access. How could I get the downloaded packages
from synaptic and save them in a local folder?
By default the packages are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives/ and
deleted if you do an apt-get clean /apt-get autoclean or tell synaptic
to do so (in prefs).
This would be very useful for depenancy problems at the remote
station.
you could "yumify" the directory with yum-arch and then make it
available via http or ftp. For localhost only use a dir is sufficient:
e.g. /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources
dir my-apt-cache /var/cache/apt/archives
will add a new up2date "channel" with your apt-cache.
have fun
Christoph