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  1. 08-06-2005 #1
    ldp174
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    installing packages

    How can I install all the packages at once.
    Since I have the hard drive space I would like to install everything.
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    You mean *all 15000* packages?
    You gotta be joking

    maybe apt-get install * works?
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    Download every package to a location on your drive.
    Open a terminal and cd to that location.

    # dpkg -i *.deb

    BTW this will not work as many pkgs conflict with each other.
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    Wow
    How many harddrives do you have?
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    Yeah, this sounds kind outlandish man. Why do you want all packages, installed? I agree with the above comment on conficts. I have never heard of someone wanting to do this, but I would assume that you would just be inviting trouble. The beauty of Debian is that you can pick and choose what you want to install.

    But if you do accomplish this, please let us know how it turned out.
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  6. 08-06-2005 #6
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    Re: installing packages

    Quote Originally Posted by ldp174
    How can I install all the packages at once.
    Since I have the hard drive space I would like to install everything.
    You should probably reconsider this, as it would be a huge waste of HD space and your time. I would also think that many packages would conflict, thereby possibly leaving your system with a few major problems.
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  7. 08-06-2005 #7
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    Would it actually be humanly possible to use everything? You could use that space for other things like music.

    If you still want the huge amount of software, ftp://ftp.debian.org is the place to go.

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