[mythtv-users] Out of the box

James Meyer james.meyer at operamail.com
Wed Oct 27 20:29:44 UTC 2004


On Wednesday 27 October 2004 09:06 pm, Yan-Fa Li wrote:
> Gerard Schlundt wrote:
> > I'm an AIX guy...not linux...is there a way to save apt-get RPM's to a
> > directory.  I >hate< having to have an external dependancy.  That is
> > to say if in 2 years I decide to rebuild, or have to rebuild my
> > machine and the web site or development has ceased, I can at least get
> > back to an OLD file set.  I would stink to find myself unable to go
> > through the automated processes that worked so well.
> > 
> 
> Really no point.  They change every few months.  In 2 years you'll get 
> an even better set of libraries.  :)  I am not kidding.  Open Source 
> moves that fast.  In 2 years there will probably be at least 4 versions 
> of Qt and 2 versions of MythTV, so fuggedaboutit.
> 
> Yan

To answer your question apt  stores everything it downloads in it's cache directory.
 The default location is /var/cache/apt/archives
-jm


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