On Sunday 26 May 2002 8:01 pm, Richard Bos wrote:
On zondag 26 mei 2002 17:12, Keith Powell wrote:
Just started using APT - very impressed.
It is.
One query, please. Can APT downloads be interrupted and then continued later, or does everything have to be downloaded in one session? If it can be interrupted and restarted, does APT remember where it got to and carry on from there, or does it go back to the start of whatever package was interrupted?
They can be stopped and will continue at the bit where you stopped the download when you start apt again. Very handy indeed.
I only have a slow speed dial-up connection and don't like to "hog" the phone line for hours on end doing a massive download!
In this case: you could specify only 1 component in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. If you e.g. specify only the "security" component, apt will only upgrade the rpms that have been updated, because of security issue. Or specify "kde" on its own, and you'll only get the kde updates (still a lot ;)
Hello Richard. I was not at all clear in my request about interrupting the downloads. What I wondered was if there was a "proper" way to abort a download and then carry on with it later so that APT resumed from where it stopped. From what you say, APT just continues without any special commands. Regarding only downloading certain components, using Synaptic seems to be the best idea and simply select the packages you want to download. Easier than keep editing the sources.list file. Cheers Keith