On 6/22/2022 1:04 PM, Person the human wrote:
I just want to get everyone's opinion on this before I request it from
the developers or possibly try to add it myself.
Would it be nice if it was possible to pass a URL to 'apt install' so
that a package could be installed without first downloading its .deb
file? I think it's good because it can save time and prevent
unneeded damage to SSDs. Even if you don't have any info to ad, please
let me know what you think.
I like the idea.
I think you can now do:
apt install filename.deb
I feel like a long long time ago you had to do:
dpkg -i filename.deb
and
apt-get install package-name
But maybe apt-get could also install from debs, I just remember always
using dpkg for invidivual debs.
Anyways it would be nice to do:
apt install http://domain/filename.deb
too. Wonder if there's some optimal/convenient way to handle
dependencies if they're on the same server too.
Bijan
