methods to download all the available packages for x86-hardy

[Karl F. Larsen]

Wu Zhou wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am doing some statistical analysis on the Ubuntu packages. Do we have
> methods to download all the available packages for a specific Ubuntu
> version and machine?
> 
> Also, anybody can give a basic prediction about how many packages are
> there, and how many disk spaces are needed to store them, is 20G enough?
> Many thanks!
> 
> Best,
> Wu
> 

	With Ubuntu version 9.04 I have the Beta version LiveCD. It loads a 
workable system, that then wants to load about 300 updates. I let it do 
that and it works fine, in a 4.5 GB partition.

karl


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