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)