On Tuesday 22 June 2004 04:31 am, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Is there a way to make sure aptitude first tries to download all > packages and only updates if ALL packages are succesfully download?
Yep. apt-get -dy install FOO && aptitude install FOO where FOO is one or more package names, or 'upgrade' or 'dist-upgrade' If you don't speak shell, the '&&' operator means 'execute the command on my right if and only if the command on my left has a return status of true'. You need to use apt-get as the first command. This is because apt-get returns false if the download fails, while aptitude returns true on success or failure. Once apt-get downloads the packages, aptitude finds them locally, and installs using the normal aptitude features. Best, Aaron Maxwell - http://redsymbol.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
