DEB file from installed packages

[Harry Wert]

R.L. Reingard wrote:

>
> good evening, Rob
> thanks for the hint.
> i do see there 91 deb-packages. this cannot be all? synaptic is 
> telling me  about a few hundreds of installed packages.
> where else to search? or how to achieve the goal in a different way?
> regards,
> René
>
> +++
>
>> Am 20.09.2005, 18:04 Uhr, schrieb Hodgins Family  
>> <ehodgins at telusplanet.net>:
>> Good morning.
>
>
>>> Hello
>>> if i see a certain package in Synaptic, which is installed on the  
>>> system, what can i do to get a DEB file of that?
>>
>
>> If the package is already installed the deb should be in /var/apt/cache
>
>
>

 From within Synaptic, select the program(s) you are interested in BUT 
select "Download only". That will place them in your cache but not 
reinstall.

Harry Wert
Physicist