2008/12/10 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try apt-get update -d > > The -d switch means that it just downloads updates but doesn't install > them. That way you can say download a few updates and then if she turns > the PC off you can just start it again. I'm sure there's a more elegant > way of doing it but this is how I'd do it if I was in a hurry. >
Good idea. I do this too. When I upgraded my eeepc from 8.10 to 9.04 I edited my sources.list, then did an apt-get update, and dist-upgrade with the -d option. I then flicked the sources list back to 8.10 lines. Then I run the "right" way to upgrade either using update manager or do-release-upgrade. Those tools will re-use the downloaded packages on the local machine. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
