Hello there, Thanks a lot. I do get better speed then the Windows download agent... but it just seems too slow! 0:) For that I was poking around and found that I could choose my best server (it's somewhere in the Synaptic Package Manager.)
Funny thing is, I was trying out "Select best sever" and it returned that there was no suitable server for me! :P Hope none of you faced this, it made me really sad!! :( Kowsheek Mahmood http://profile.to/redkid On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Tarin Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oh forgot to mention, > > apt-get itself is kind of a download accelerator, it can resume, download > multiple files. I'm not sure but I think it uses wget, which is a very > powerful download manager. > > so you don't need to worry about line drops, electricity etc ;) > > > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Tarin Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> as Nasimul said >> apt-get/synaptic/aptitude stores all the download files in >> "/var/cache/apt/archives" folder, Just backup those files, after installing >> put them back and reload the repository list and then upgrade. >> >> >> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Kowsheek Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Thank you for replying :D >>> >>> Thing is I mainly want to backup file I download using the Synaptic >>> Package Manager so that if I reinstall Ubuntu somewhere I can have my >>> updates ready. This is a requirement because the download speed I get is not >>> very high (I use Grameen) and I am not using a download accelerator in >>> Ubuntu. >>> >>> As I was told earlier, backing up the /etc folder should suffice I hope. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Kowsheek Mahmood >>> http://profile.to/redkid >>> >>> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Golam Md. Mustafa Bhuyan CN Networks < >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hei, >>>> Your requirement is not well defined. >>>> If you want to back up your software settings, then >>>> " cp -Rf ~/ [where-you-want-to-backup] " ! >>>> >>>> If you want to backup other software, read the relevant >>>> release notes / configuration guides. We need not to >>>> backup everything. Backing up configuration files, which >>>> in most of the cases is in /etc folder is sufficient. >>>> In this case, understanding what we are doing is must. >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> Thanking You, >>>> --_-.ılılı..ılılı.-_--_---_ >>>> Mustafa Golam ( ) >>>> System Engineer x >>>> CNPN, GrameenPhone Ltd./ \ >>>> --_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_ >>>> "Choose a job you love, and >>>> you'll never have to work a >>>> day in your life" - Confucius >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kowsheek Mahmood >>>> http://profile.to/redkid >>>> http://aredkid.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-bd mailing list >>>> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-bd mailing list >>> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> >>> >> > > -- > ubuntu-bd mailing list > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > > -- Kowsheek Mahmood http://profile.to/redkid http://aredkid.wordpress.com/
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