Sudo apt download

[Menard]

Hello

I wanted to inform you of this feature because I discovered it by random on the help of apt application and it is exactly what I was looking for... i had even made a topic for it without a solution, I was asking for a way to create an installation file for my applications installed by the repositories ... that is what apt dowload is for

[AZgl1800]

I just looked at " man apt " and there is no reference all to "download"

I for one, do NOT understand what you are trying to tell us.

IF, 'download' means that all of the repositories can be downloaded into a special folder on my PC, that would be just fine, no Internet Access require to create a fresh install.

Please expand and show exactly how you use this command.

[Pjotr]

Apparently it's a feature of apt. For example (no sudo needed in the command):

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apt download xed

.... should give you the installation package for Xed in your personal folder. Neat.

@Menard: I didn't know about this apt feature; thanks for the notification.

[karlchen]

Well, basically apt download <packagename> does the same as apt-get download <packagename>
This can be learned by having a closer look at the apt-get manpage.

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$ man apt-get
[...]
       download
           download will download the given binary package into the current directory.

[Pjotr]

Well, basically apt download <packagename> does the same as apt-get download <packagename>
This can be learned by having a closer look at the apt-get manpage.

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$ man apt-get
[...]
       download
           download will download the given binary package into the current directory.

Well, apt does a better job here than apt-get.... When downloaded with apt-get, the installer package will be owned by root. When apt does this job, you will be the owner (which is better, because it'll usually be downloaded into your home folder).

[AZgl1800]

IF,
this has to be done, for each and every package in a Distro.....

that is a ridiculous way to try and do it.

I won't for sure, I will make sure the Internet is live, then do a normal Fresh Install.

at the end of the Day, using APTIK is a far simpler solution.

[Pjotr]

IF,
this has to be done, for each and every package in a Distro.....

That's not the ideal use case, no. But it is nifty when you simply want to get an offline copy of the installer of just one application, for example in order to install it on another computer that has no internet connection.

It's just one of those small tricks that can sometimes come in handy.

[Menard]

For me the main use is to back up my critical applications, in the current version, in case if an update would break some feature I use or if the application is removed from the repositories

[Menard]

I just looked at " man apt " and there is no reference all to "download"

I for one, do NOT understand what you are trying to tell us.

IF, 'download' means that all of the repositories can be downloaded into a special folder on my PC, that would be just fine, no Internet Access require to create a fresh install.

Please expand and show exactly how you use this command.

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$ apt --help

[Pjotr]

For me the main use is to back up my critical applications, in the current version, in case if an update would break some feature I use

Yes, that's also an idea....

[Menard]

at the end of the Day, using APTIK is a far simpler solution.

Sadly I never listen anything about it, I can search this way too, for this other purpose (it is not the present subject)