On Tue, 25 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.3.6 > Severity: wishlist > > The "offline" uses `dist-upgrade'. It should also advertise > `dselect-upgrade', which may be what many users are looking for.
You don't like this little section? ------ <p> On the Debian machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the directo$ outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and <em>lists/partial/</$ Then take the disc to the remote machine and configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following: <example> # export APT_CONFIG="/disc/apt.conf" # apt-get update [ APT fetches the package files ] # apt-get dist-upgrade [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade your machine ] </example> The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any-other standard APT commands you can even use an APT front end such as <em>gnome-apt</em> [still in development].
