[plug] /var/cache/apt/archives/?

[Kev]

Greetings once again,

If I take a copy of the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives/ and copy it 
into the same place in a fresh installation of the same OS, how do go 
about getting my package manager to see the files so copied and use them 
instead of downloading them afresh?  I've tried an apt-get update, but 
that didn't seem to do it.

Tia
Kev Downes

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