On Wed 22 Jun 2022 at 14:34:41 (-0230), Person the human wrote: > I just want to get everyone's opinion on this before I request it from the > developers or possibly try to add it myself. > > Would it be nice if it was possible to pass a URL to 'apt install' so that > a package could be installed without first downloading its .deb file? I > think it's good because it can save time and prevent unneeded damage to > SSDs. Even if you don't have any info to add, please let me know what you > think.
What's wrong with just making your /var/cache/apt/archives reside on a RAM disk? Cheers, David.