Installing packages from the chache dir

[David Hart]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 02:28:54PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I found a bunch of .deb files in /var/cache/apt/.

These are where .debs are downloaded by apt for installation.
 
> a. How do I check if they're installed ?

apt-cache policy <package_name>

> b. If they aren't - how do I install them?

apt-get install <package_name>

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David Hart <ubuntu at tonix.org>