On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:58:31 +0530 I think this is the solution. debtorrent will pause/resume apt-get.
http://www.nexenta.org/os/debtorrent torrents will download and upload the same data from your computer. I think this is the only disadvantage of torrents. It will use your bandwidth. - Jos Collin "A. Mani" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jos Collin, ILUG > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do you mean by "right time"? > >> > >> I think there is no proper way to do the pause/resume. Also there > >> is no way to resume downloading from the middle of a partially > >> downloaded .deb file. > > > > I have done this in a version of kubuntu: > > > > 1. start dist upgrade (the graphical tool) > > 2. stop it in the middle of download > > 3. copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives to some other place. > > 4. shutdown > > > > 5. Boot later > > 6. start dist upgrade after whatever cleanup is necessary (lock > > files may need to be deleted by superuser) > > 7. Initially /var/cache/apt/archives will be emptied by upgrade tool > > 8. let upgrade tool start the download. > > 9. pause, move back the archives and resume > > > > > Addendum: You will need to be clearer about the directories ( ... > can't remember) > > _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
