Re: 'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection

2003-07-01 Thread Manolis Tzanidakis
[20030629] Kenneth Jacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Is it possible to have my home system find out what's needed, create a file with that info, transfer it to my office machine, get the needed files, put them on a CD, read the CD at home, and update/upgrade? $ apt-get install apt-zip $ man

'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection

2003-06-30 Thread Kenneth Jacker
'apt-get upgrade' is fine if you've got a fast Internet connection. However, what do folks do when they still have *slow* Internet connections (waiting for DSL, my home system still only works at ~25kbps, maybe ~30kbps)? Is it possible to have my home system find out what's needed, create a file

Re: 'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection

2003-06-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 07:48:11PM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: 'apt-get upgrade' is fine if you've got a fast Internet connection. However, what do folks do when they still have *slow* Internet connections (waiting for DSL, my home system still only works at ~25kbps, maybe ~30kbps)? Is

Re: 'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection

2003-06-30 Thread VĂ­ctor Zabalza
En/na Kenneth Jacker ha escrit: Is it possible to have my home system find out what's needed, create a file with that info, transfer it to my office machine, get the needed files, put them on a CD, read the CD at home, and update/upgrade? There was an articl covering exactly that problem in a

Re: 'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection

2003-06-30 Thread Andre Berger
--gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Kenneth Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2003-06-30 09:37 -0400: 'apt-get upgrade' is fine if you've got a fast Internet connection. =20 However, what do folks do