Minor correction below:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2026, Davidson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2026, [email protected] wrote:
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“apt install --download only”
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will miss packages that are already installed right?
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DETAIL 1: I don't use "apt", don't know anything about it. I use
apt-get, apt-cache, (and occasionally apt-mark). So above I have
assumed we are talking about
# apt-get --download-only install whatever
which I would shorten to
# apt-get -d install whatever
and I would also add -V to improve legibility of the list of packages
to be installed. Hence:
...to be DOWNLOADED. Not to be installed (because of option -d).
# apt-get -Vd install whatever
