Quoting cls-colo spgs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > i need to reinstall potato (after losing my pcmcia > modem to a custom kernel). > > w/o having to "dselect" or "apt-get" over and over, is > there a way for the system, with one "apt-get" > command, to get and install the *.deb files in > /var/cache/apt/archives?
What, do you mean the debs are on the machine already? Then just dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
