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update in command mode

Asked by Robert Chimiralrea on 2012-05-15

using 11.0 desktop
used apt-get update
seemed to install or save updates
where are these file updates going? which directory? can i use this directory (if it exists) to install an application, like wine?

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : #1

look in /var/cache/apt/archives for downloaded updates
and for installing program .. do

sudo apt-get install <"program_name" here for example wine>

Thanks and revert if any difficulty

Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : #2

To anser the first part of your question, when updates are applied all the .deb files end up in the following directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

You can't really use this directory to install wine. You can install from the Software Center or from the command line with
sudo apt-get install wine

After you install wine it will end up if the afore mentioned cache directory.

Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : #3

you can refer to page for more detail and further reference

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware

Thanks

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