DEB file from installed packages

[R.L. Reingard]

Hello Harry Wert
hm, i checked it out, i thought myself that there must be an option like  
this (download only). but, i do not find it!!

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> Am 20.09.2005, 20:32 Uhr, schrieb Harry Wert <hwert at earthlink.net>:

> 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.

>> R.L. Reingard wrote:
>> 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?

>>> If the package is already installed the deb should be in /var/apt/cache