[xubuntu-users] Keeping *.deb in the archive (Ubuntu 16.04.2)

[François P. Rotzinger]

Many thanks for your answer!

I used

apt upgrade  or  apt install Package

In both cases, the "archives" directory was purged immediately.

To keep the *.deb files permanently, one should probably add something 
like NumberName (as 10periodic) in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d

With Google, I was unable to find how to define new NumberName files and 
to get indications about the syntax. As I could see, this item is 
probably under development.

Best regards,

François


On 05/03/2017 05:40 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2017 16:24:27 +0200, François P. Rotzinger wrote:
>> Sorry, I have sent the message below using the wrong account. Now, it
>> should be OK.
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Greetings,
>> After the installation of software or updates, the cache
>> /var/cache/apt/archives is purged immediately. I tried without success
>> to get information, which file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d should be
>> modified or added... Could you please give me a hint, what to do to
>> keep the files in /var/cache/apt/archives?
>> Many thanks! Best regards,
>> François
> You did not say how you upgraded or installed software
>
> By default "apt-get" behaves different, than "apt" does, you temporarily
> could change the default by adding "-o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1"
> or permanently change the behaviour by editing the apt settings. I
> don't have at hand how to permanently edit the settings, Google is your
> friend.
>
> IOW running
>
> sudo apt full-upgrade -o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1
> sudo apt install -o APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages=1 <package>
>
> does the same as
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> sudo apt-get install <package>
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>

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