[ubuntu-za] Updates

[Hannes Coetzee]

I would not suggest using sudo dpkg -i *.deb as that will also install 
old packages and packages that has been removed. Installing it all might 
break things.

Hannes

Bill Cairns wrote:
> I asked this exact same question on the ubuntu forums the other day!
>
> Backup the entire contents of directory /var/cache/apt/archives EXCEPT 
> for file"lock". (I just copied them, but you could be more 
> sophisticated and use tar).
>
> Place all these files on the corresponding directory on your target 
> machine.
>
> Run sudo dpkg -i *.deb in that directory.
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Barry Wyatt <wyattware at telkomsa.net 
> <mailto:wyattware at telkomsa.net>> wrote:
>
>     Here is a question from a beginner:
>      
>     I have installed the updates on one Ubuntu PC.
>     I now want to update other machines without having to go through
>     the download process.
>      
>     Is there a store of update files and an easy way to copy them to
>     the new PC so that I don't have to go through the download step
>     for each machine?
>      
>     Barry
>
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