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yosumi
July 7th, 2008, 04:47 AM
hi i have installed ubuntu 8.04 on a laptop and it's fully updated.

i plan to install ubuntu 8.04 on another PC but knowing the update manager would kill another 250MB bandwidth after fresh install i was wondering if it's possible to migrate my laptop's exisiting updates.

thanks

Rocket2DMn
July 7th, 2008, 04:52 AM
You can copy the files from /var/cache/apt/archives to the folder on the other machine, then run the update/upgrade. That should use the updated packages without downloading them. Any updates not their will be downloaded.

zvacet
July 7th, 2008, 08:25 AM
Use aptoncd (http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/) to do that.You donīt have to download it from site.It is in synaptic.

yosumi
July 7th, 2008, 09:45 PM
hey thanks everyone. nice tips.