The following packages...(too many)

[Jay Daniels]

On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 02:18 +0000, Thufir wrote:
> My connection is rather slow and intermittent.
> 
> When apt generates a list like:
> 
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   app-install-data-partner curl dnsmasq-base finch firefox firefox-3.0 
> firefox-3.0-branding 
>   firefox-3.0-gnome-support firefox-gnome-support gnome-terminal gnome-
> terminal-data kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a 
>   language-pack-en language-pack-gnome-en libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i686 
> libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libgl1-mesa-dri 
>   libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libgnutls26 libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-
> corlib2.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil 
>   libmono-data2.0-cil libmono-getoptions2.0-cil libmono-i18n2.0-cil 
> libmono-posix2.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil 
>   libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-
> cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil 
>   libmono-system2.0-cil libmono0 libmono2.0-cil libnss3-1d libopenexr6 
> libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g 
>   libpurple-bin libpurple0 libssl0.9.8 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 
> libvorbisfile3 linux-generic linux-headers-generic 
>   linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev linux-restricted-modules-common 
> linux-restricted-modules-generic mesa-utils 
>   mono-2.0-gac mono-2.0-runtime mono-common mono-gac mono-jit mono-
> runtime openssl pidgin pidgin-data python-gobject 
>   tzdata tzdata-java xulrunner-1.9 xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 
> 71 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 
> 
> why can it not iterate through the list, downloading and installing one 
> by one, rather than downloading everything at once?  Or, cache all the 
> downloads so that if the process is interrupted there's no need to start 
> redownloading from the beginning?
> 
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
> 
> 

The Gnome update manager gives you the option to download only.  But I
have no idea where it saves the updates, anyone?



jay