Hi,

I am using ubuntu 6.06 . I gave the below two commands

1> sudo aptitude download package_name
or
2> sudo -d package_name

I thing the first one saves it in current dir. but where does the second one.

My second question is how to know which software version is available to download when I use the command apt-get or aptitude.

thanks.

If yiu use a command and do not know the switches then issue the command and then follow it wit hthe --help.

SO

sudo apt-get --help

It seems that you need to issue the -V switch but I could be wrong.

-V Show verbose version numbers

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sudo apt-get --help
Password:
apt 0.6.43.3ubuntu2 for linux i386 compiled on Apr 18 2006 19:46:38
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
update - Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade - Perform an upgrade
install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
remove - Remove packages
source - Download source archives
build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
-h This help text.
-q Loggable output - no progress indicator
-qq No output except for errors
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
-b Build the source package after fetching it
-V Show verbose version numbers
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
This APT has Super Cow Powers.