songbird wrote on 07/18/2014 06:02: > the other night i accidentally deleted the debs i > normally keep in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory > and while i do keep a backup of them in another > directory it is along with all the previous versions > too, so it isn't as easy as just copying them. > > instead i have to figure out which is the installed > version (because that is the one i am most interested > in having in there in case i do have to do a reinstall). > <snip>
Why not copy all files back and order something like "apt-get autoclean" to get rid of the older packages? -- Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lqd9gi$5uo$1...@ger.gmane.org
