oh forgot to mention, apt-get itself is kind of a download accelerator, it can resume, download multiple files. I'm not sure but I think it uses wget, which is a very powerful download manager.
so you don't need to worry about line drops, electricity etc ;) On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Tarin Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as Nasimul said > apt-get/synaptic/aptitude stores all the download files in > "/var/cache/apt/archives" folder, Just backup those files, after installing > put them back and reload the repository list and then upgrade. > > > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Kowsheek Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> Thank you for replying :D >> >> Thing is I mainly want to backup file I download using the Synaptic >> Package Manager so that if I reinstall Ubuntu somewhere I can have my >> updates ready. This is a requirement because the download speed I get is not >> very high (I use Grameen) and I am not using a download accelerator in >> Ubuntu. >> >> As I was told earlier, backing up the /etc folder should suffice I hope. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Kowsheek Mahmood >> http://profile.to/redkid >> >> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Golam Md. Mustafa Bhuyan CN Networks < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hei, >>> Your requirement is not well defined. >>> If you want to back up your software settings, then >>> " cp -Rf ~/ [where-you-want-to-backup] " ! >>> >>> If you want to backup other software, read the relevant >>> release notes / configuration guides. We need not to >>> backup everything. Backing up configuration files, which >>> in most of the cases is in /etc folder is sufficient. >>> In this case, understanding what we are doing is must. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Thanking You, >>> --_-.ılılı..ılılı.-_--_---_ >>> Mustafa Golam ( ) >>> System Engineer x >>> CNPN, GrameenPhone Ltd./ \ >>> --_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_ >>> "Choose a job you love, and >>> you'll never have to work a >>> day in your life" - Confucius >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> -- >>> Kowsheek Mahmood >>> http://profile.to/redkid >>> http://aredkid.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-bd mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-bd mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> >> >
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