A method but maybe not the best could be to run an i386 docker image and download them. You can add a mount point and save them all.
$ docker run -it --platform=i386 i386/debian:bookworm Unable to find image 'i386/debian:bookworm' locally bookworm: Pulling from i386/debian 443394a7d911: Pull complete Digest: sha256:a5a5ccfc1859fc82f37b78a4084d51f255596cdb73ffb512bcb97f28dfa3e9d9 Status: Downloaded newer image for i386/debian:bookworm root@b4b60d20dd98:/# apt update Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [151 kB] Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB] Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB] Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main i386 Packages [8684 kB] Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates/main i386 Packages [6924 B] Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main i386 Packages [290 kB] Fetched 9236 kB in 2s (5704 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. root@b4b60d20dd98:/# apt search busybox Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done busybox/oldstable 1:1.35.0-4+b7 i386 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems busybox-static/oldstable 1:1.35.0-4+b7 i386 Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities busybox-syslogd/oldstable 1:1.35.0-4 all Provides syslogd and klogd using busybox udhcpc/oldstable 1:1.35.0-4+b7 i386 Provides the busybox DHCP client implementation udhcpd/oldstable 1:1.35.0-4+b7 i386 Provides the busybox DHCP server implementation root@b4b60d20dd98:/# On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM Hans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list, > > > I need to download a bunch of udeb packages from bookworm i386 repository. > Thus I created a list with the package names, but obviously I did not do > correctly. > > > On my amd64 system I edited the sources.list and added > > > deb [arch=i386] http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free > non-free-firmware > > deb-src [arch=i386] http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib > non-free non-free-firmware > > Then did an "apt update" and afterwards I tried > > > xargs apt -d install --reinstall < /home/username/mypackagelist.txt > > > This told me, that none of the packages are found. Not a single one. > > > --- snip ---- > > > LANG=C xargs apt-get -d --reinstall install < /home/myusername/mypackages.txt > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package anna > E: Unable to locate package archdetect > E: Unable to locate package bogl-bterm-udeb > E: Unable to locate package btrfs-modules > E: Unable to locate package busybox-udeb > E: Unable to locate package cdebconf-gtk-udeb > E: Unable to locate package cdebconf-newt-udeb > E: Unable to locate package cdebconf-text-udeb > E: Unable to locate package cdebconf-udeb > E: Unable to locate package cdrom-detect > E: Unable to locate package crypto-dm-modules > E: Unable to locate package crypto-modules > E: Unable to locate package di-utils > E: Unable to locate package efi-modules > E: Unable to locate package ext2-modules > E: Unable to locate package ext3-modules > E: Unable to locate package ext4-modules > E: Unable to locate package fat-modules > E: Unable to locate package fontconfig-udeb > E: Unable to locate package hw-detect > E: Unable to locate package jfs-modules > E: Unable to locate package libatk1.0-udeb > E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libatk1.0-udeb' > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libatk1.0-udeb' > E: Unable to locate package libcairo2-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libdebconfclient0-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libdebian-installer4-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libexpat1-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libfontenc1-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libfreetype6-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libfribidi0-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libglib2.0-udeb > E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libglib2.0-udeb' > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libglib2.0-udeb' > E: Unable to locate package libpango1.0-udeb > E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libpango1.0-udeb' > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libpango1.0-udeb' > E: Unable to locate package libsimdutf29 > E: Unable to locate package libslang2-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libx11-6-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxcursor1-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxext6-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxfixes3-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxft2-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxi6-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxinerama1-udeb > E: Unable to locate package libxrender1-udeb > E: Unable to locate package localechooser > E: Unable to locate package md-modules > E: Unable to locate package multipath-modules > E: Unable to locate package multipath-udeb > E: Unable to locate package nbd-client-udeb > E: Unable to locate package nbd-modules > E: Unable to locate package ppp-modules > E: Unable to locate package preseed-common > E: Unable to locate package rescue-check > E: Unable to locate package rootskel > E: Unable to locate package scsi-modules > E: Unable to locate package udev-udeb > E: Unable to locate package xfs-modules > E: Unable to locate package xkb-data-udeb > E: Unable to locate package xserver-xorg-core-udeb > > ---- snap --- > > > I suppose, maybe not all packages might be in the repo any more, but all? > > On the other hand, these packages should be available for example in > backports.debian.org. > > > Is there a way, to download them using the list or must I search and find > every package by using ftp and download every package each manually? > > > Thanks for any help! > > > Best regards > > > Hans > > -- - Andrew "lathama" Latham -
