On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:34:08 +0000
Avi Greenbury <avismailinglistacco...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Albretch Mueller wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jochen Schulz <m...@well-adjusted.de>
> > wrote:
> > > From what I guess, you actually just want to:
> > 
> > > # apt-get update
> > > # apt-get -d upgrade
> > 
> > > This stores all upgradeable package files
> > > in /var/cache/apt/archives,
> > 
> >  what about the case in which you want to stash the downloaded files
> > somewhere else?
> > 
> 
> man apt implies that
> 
> apt-get -d -o Dir::Cache::Archives=/path/to/dir upgrade
> 
> would work.

The OP hasn't explained what he's really trying to do, but perhaps
using an apt caching proxy might also be useful.

Celejar
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