Backing up cache archives

[Gabriel Dragffy]

So then if you wanted to recover them from a CD would you perform the 
apt-cdrom add command?

On Wednesday 14 June 2006 09:17, Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 June 2006 6:30 pm, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> > What about recovery? Do i need to copy it back or can I use the packages
> > directly from the cd?
> >
> > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 00:28, Jonathan Patrick Davies wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 13 June 2006 17:15, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> > > > Hi, have installed much software, codecs and tools on my kubuntu
> > > > system, there are many packages in my apt cache archive from the
> > > > multiverse. How can I make a backup CD of all these so that if I
> > > > later reinstall kubuntu, I can install all my software from the
> > > > backup rather than re-download everything again? It's also useful as
> > > > I may reinstall my computer (for whatever reason) in the absence of
> > > > an internet connection and it seems a little unfair that I would have
> > > > to miss out on all the fun.
> > >
> > > Put everything in /var/cache/apt/archives/ onto a CD.
> > >
> > > Jonathan
>
> Either would work.
> Putting them back on the hard drive may speed up the actual install, but
> then you'll have the time copying to its six of one and a half dozen of the
> other. Of course, I've never installed a deb right off a CD so I'm assuming
> it will work.
>
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