[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am able to login the amd64 box anymore, I have practically lost it as a bootable one.
I do however have a lot of stuff (about 2GB) in
/var/cache/apt/archives/
My question is: After setting up a fresh system from CD, how can I make the newly installed OS update itself from these already downloaded packages.
I have tried a simple copy of the old /var/cache/apt/archives/ to the new installation, but simply copying the packages does not seem to work.
Short of creating my local Debian repository, is there a way I can instruct apt-get (or aptitude) to use the files already downloaded.
What I really want to do is a complete reinstall of the packages I have. Is that possible?
dpkg -i *.deb
I recommend wajig, which makes it easier to handle the various package control apps. In wajig you would issue
wajig install *.deb
You can also create a selective list of the packages and issue
wajig file-install <list name>
wajig is also useful if you need to force overrides etc. It's not quite as powerful as dpkg, but simpler to learn.
Cheers, Dave
