Ubuntu

Hi gurus, how to (just) download already installed package ?
I tried

Code:

sudo apt-get -d install putty

but gives me

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
putty is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

so as I assumed

Code:

ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives | grep -i putty

gives me nothing

I am running ubuntu karmic, thanx

No I dont mean source, I want *.deb archive

nobody ? I hope this is possible because all archives are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives/ I just have to persuade apt to just download installed package

Are trying to reinstall a broken app with the --reinstall directive

Code:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install putty

If that doesn't work, you may have to remove the app first.
Is this what you're trying to do? Please elaborate.

Lets say I have installed application (via apt-get) and have another PC which is not connected to internet. I want install the same application, so I want download the *.deb archive transfer it to this pc and install. But if I have already installed application I cannot only download *deb archive
PS usually the deb archives are stored to /var/cache/apt/archives/ during install thought apt-get install

You should be able to copy the deb archives you want from that directory to a cd and then copy them to the same directory on the other machine and install them offline using either app-get or the Synaptic Package Manager.

It means, you are required to setup a local debian mirror. Google for 'setting up a local debian mirror' & some thing similar.