On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 09:23:33AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > I donwloaded several .deb files, and then transferred to my machine. I'd > like the newly stored files get recognized by apt-get; so that when I do > apt-get dist-upgrade, I don't have to download some of the files that > are already in the directory.
Moving them into /var/cache/apt/archives should be enough -- it's what I did (often :) when I was still playing around with Debian and installing and reinstalling it daily. > BTW, if I just installed the files using dpkg (I want to upgrade to > Woody), would that make my system to be Woody? (I'm afraid that there some > magical things behind apt-get dist-upgrade.) Pretty much! :) -- Andrew Sione Taumoefolau [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midspark.net/shazbot/
