Re: How download packages from a list

David Wright <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jul 2026 15:24:29 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun 05 Jul 2026 at 20:53:31 (+0200), Hans wrote:
> 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.

Shouldn't grepping the Packages file for '^Package: ' and
'^Filename: ' make that straightforward to script with an
editor? For udebs, you might need to get the Packages files
off an installer ISO.

Cheers,
David.