For more than one good reason (among them an unreliable Internet connection at times or simply not wanting to go online)
I would like to run apt-get locally (or be able to functionally do the same using dpkg or whatever). This is what I have in mind: 1) use apt-get in simulate mode to know which files I need to install and in what order 2) fetch those files and keep them locally 3) install them locally whenever I need to Most (all?) people simply go "sudo apt-get" under the assumption that the back end repositories will be fine etc. Yes, I am trying to install stuff when I need it without having to connect to the Internet How do you do this? What would be the pros and cons of doing things this way? lbrtchx
