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Author: der.hans
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Subject: apt-get package
Am 03. Feb, 2004 schw=E4tzte Michael Havens so:

> I was once told that if I gave it the d option that it wouldn't automatic=

ally
> upack the package. I now wonder why you wouldn't want to unpack ot. Isn't
> that the reason you loaded it onto your system in the first place?


That way you can start the download and walk away and not have to worry
about it changing things while you aren't looking. It's very helpful for
people using dialup to do upgrades.

> Further: how do you unpack these downloaded files and where do they downl=

oad
> to?


Just run apt-get again, but without -d.

ciao,

der.hans
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