NAME¶
debget - Fetch a .deb for a package in APT's database
SYNOPSIS¶
debget package [
package ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
debget fetches a .deb for one or more packages from an Debian mirror. It
uses
apt-get(1) to find out the URL so it will download the same
version from the same server as
apt-get would do. The .deb will be
downloaded with
curl(1) and stored in your current working directory.
KNOWN BUGS¶
debget will not work for packages that are available in
apt-get's
cache. If you need that functionality please use the .
download option
in
aptitude.
AUTHOR¶
Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE¶
Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License may be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
SEE ALSO¶
apt-get(1),
curl(1)