On Wed, 2017-05-03 at 05:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2 May 2017 16:24:27 +0200, François P. Rotzinger wrote: > > Sorry, I have sent the message below using the wrong account. Now, it > > should be OK. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Greetings, > > After the installation of software or updates, the cache > > /var/cache/apt/archives is purged immediately. I tried without success > > to get information, which file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d should be > > modified or added... Could you please give me a hint, what to do to > > keep the files in /var/cache/apt/archives? > > Many thanks! Best regards, > > François > > You did not say how you upgraded or installed software > > By default "apt-get" behaves different, than "apt" does, you temporarily > could change the default by adding "-o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1" > or permanently change the behaviour by editing the apt settings. I > don't have at hand how to permanently edit the settings, Google is your > friend. > > IOW running > > sudo apt full-upgrade -o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1 > sudo apt install -o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1 <package> > > does the same as > > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > sudo apt-get install <package>
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