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I need to download all packages I already installed on Ubuntu 11.10 x64. There should be in /var/cache/apt/archives I know, but there are only 300 Mb of deb files. I installed a lot of development packages that there are not there right now. I think system cleans the cache automatically!

Now I want to download all packages installed on system, else than packages that are installed by default.

sorush-r
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The following command in the terminal grabs the list of installed packages and downloads, packages will be stored at /var/cache/apt/archives

dpkg -l | grep "^ii"| awk ' {print $2} ' | xargs sudo apt-get -y --force-yes install --reinstall --download-only
Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
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João Pinto
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  • Can re-installation cause some problem in system? like missing configuration of packages? – sorush-r Dec 09 '11 at 14:07
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    Oh! the --download-only flag... Thanks :-) – sorush-r Dec 09 '11 at 14:08
  • I run this command but my system hanged after running it for 1 hour and i restart the system, Do I have to start again or some of packages will be work on other system when i copy and run? – xkeshav Aug 18 '14 at 05:03
  • I get messages like Reinstallation of chroot is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.... – user541686 Nov 19 '20 at 11:14