[SLE] Two APT questions

From: Keith Powell (keith_at_keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk)
Date: 08/29/03

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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:50:31 +0100

    I have a lot of packages in my /var/cache/apt/archives folder. I would like
    APT to install them all on a new SuSE installation on another hard drive
    rather than downloading them all again. So I burnt them on to a CD.

    I then copied them on to the new hard drive, keeping the same path. However, I
    can't get APT on the new hard drive to install them. If I reselect all these
    packages with Synaptic, it wants to download them all again, not look in the
    folder.

    How can I get APT to look in the folder and just install them from there? I
    have tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that hasn't solved it.

    An associated question:

    Does APT make a log of what it downloads? I think it must do. For example, if
    8 packages are marked in Synaptic for downloading and the download is
    interrupted after only a few have been downloaded, if these same 8 packages
    are later marked again for the download to be resumed, those already
    downloaded are skipped, but they are all installed. I can't find where it
    logs what it is doing.

    Perhaps there is one (simple?) answer for both questions?

    Any help will be gratefully received.

    Many thanks

    Keith 

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