Thanks for the quick response! This command is working (the file is beeing read).
> xargs apt -d install < mylist.txt > However, the problem is, these packages are all abandoned, as i386 is no more supported by debian. However, this is no problem for me, but I believe, due to this politics, these packages are no more downloadable using the apt-get way. (This is, what I believe!). The command xargs apt -d install < mylist.txt shows the output *Error: Unable to locate package anna* *Error: Unable to locate package archdetect* *Error: Unable to locate package bogl-bterm-udeb* *Error: Unable to locate package btrfs-modules* *Error: Unable to locate package busybox-udeb* .... .... and so on. On the other hand, these packagaes are still in the repo and can be downlaoded by ftp or rsync. Looks more difficult, than I thought at the beginning. I suppose, at the end, I will have to do the effort and downlaod all packages manually. Hans
