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Ubuntu needs an archive of old deb packages

Asked by Rolf Leggewie

It would be nice if Ubuntu had an equivalent of http://snapshot.debian.net where old debs from debian are stored. This would be very interesting for example when trying to nail down regressions.

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This question was originally filed as bug #177496.

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#1

.deb packages are stored in Launchpad. It is not trivial to find them, though.

Here are steps to find them:
1) Visit source package page (e.g. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin)
2) Click on the link pointing to the version you want
3) Click on the architecture you are interested in in Builds
4) On the left, you will see "Resulting binaries" panel

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) said : 		#2

Indeed, thank you.

So, the place to find them is https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/$ubuntu-release/$package-name/$package-version

For example: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/i386/firefox/2.0.0.8+1nobinonly-0ubuntu1

Nice.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) said : 		#3

> So, the place to find them is https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/$ubuntu-release/$package-name/$package-version

Obvious mistake: I forgot the Machine arch.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/$ubuntu-release/$arch/$package-name/$package-version

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) said : 		#4

All deb packages ever released by ubuntu can be accessed by replacing the variables at the appropriate places in the following URL template.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/$ubuntu-release/$arch/$package-name/$package-version