On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:27:15PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:00:33PM +1000, hce wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What is the command to make "apt-get install package" to install the > > package to my local directory rather than /usr? > > I don't know of any such option for dpkg (which is what apt uses to > actually install the packages), but maybe you should explain what your > real goal is. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (see 'man hier') was > created for a purpose. > There are 2 things related to the OP request: A)download the DEB to an alternative location B)install the DEB to an alternative location A is possible. B has limitations like the FHS. -K
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