Linux Mint datahoarding/backup tip: "apt download" fetches the .deb files of both the package and its dependencies
1mon 9d ago by thebrainbin.org/u/Auster in linuxmint@lemmy.ml
Linux Mint datahoarding/backup tip: "apt download" fetches the .deb files of both the package and its dependencies
#linuxmint #datahoarding
E.g.:
- apt download vlc
- apt download dolphin
Only problems are it requires sudo, it only works with one package at a time (so apt download vlc dolphin won't work), and the script that comes with it for easy installation runs apt (but replacing apt for dpkg -i solves that).
There's also apt-get download, which doesn't require sudo nor comes with a .sh file expecting apt, but it won't download dependencies either.
Hope it helps someone. =)
iirc, this is standard behavior across Debian-based distros. apt-get may handle it slightly differently, but I'm sure there's a switch for it, at worst.
Ooooooooh
I use mainly Mint nowadays and Raspberrian as I need, so wasn't aware. =O