[ubuntu-za] Updates

[Barry Wyatt]

Great responses from you all, thanks a lot that helps a lot

Barry

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 08:39 +0200, Hannes Coetzee wrote:
> 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>
> > 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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