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user69453
Asked: 2014-06-20 03:01:39 +0800 CST

Adding previously downloaded .deb files to apt using command line

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How can I add previously downloaded .deb files to apt using command line so that they will not be downloaded again when I use sudo apt-get install?

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  1. Best Answer

    Copy it to /var/cache/apt/archives with the following command:

    sudo cp filename.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/

    You may have to rename the deb files according to the cache, so start to download it with apt-get, get the name of the cached file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ then rename your file and copy it there overwriting the incomplete download and start apt-get again.

    Of course you don't need this if you are copying from an old cache :)

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