Downloading a package and all dependencies

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:37:10 +0200
tricks

To download a package and all packages it depends on (though only one possible combination, not necessarily the one installed on your system) use:

     mkdir partial
     apt-get -o"Dir::Cache::archives=`pwd`" -o"Debug::NoLocking=true" -o"Dir::State::status=/dev/null" -d install packagename