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Download-ubuntu-packages-for-later-install-for-slow-internet-connection

• Run the command to find the package urls

$ sudo apt-get --print-uris -y upgrade|grep "^'" | gawk '{ print $1 }' | sed "s/'//g" > packages.lst

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ vi packages.lst

The output will look like

http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/o/opera/opera_9.27-20080331.6hardy1_i386.deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/util-linux/util-linux_2.13.1-5ubuntu2_i386.deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-common_2.12.9-3ubuntu3_all.deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.12.9-3ubuntu3_i386.deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-0_2.12.9-3ubuntu3_i386.deb

• copy these files to /var/cache/apt/archives/ and run apt-get install dpkg-name.deb