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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Peter wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:4B4548D4.9040501@gswd.com" type="cite">Kev wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Greetings once again,
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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.
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Tia
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Kev Downes
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Hi Kev,
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I recently did this as follows:
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I copied the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives from a freshly updated
install to the new (clean installed) PC. In my case I am running the
latest version of Linux Mint Helena 8 but the principal should be the
same.
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In a terminal, I then did:
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~$ apt-get update (make sure you have the most recent database
updates.)
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~$ apt-get check (check the status of the current contents of your
archives)
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~$ apt-get upgrade (upgrade everything to the latest versions)
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There were a few differences but apt only needed to download about 9MB
instead of 160MB in my case....
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Hope this helps.
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Thanx Peter, that worked a-treat for me too. Have tucked that one away.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Kev<br>
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