Downloading package with apt-get when it's already installed on system

Question

How to download openssh package using apt-get?

The problem is that the package is already installed so I get only:

sudo apt-get install openssh -d
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
openssh is already the newest version.

Because of being already installed, I don't get the debian package. I should remove it first, but then I would lose USB networking.

I know that this procedure is possible with aptitude, but it's not available for me.

@user, is there any specific reason you want to reinstall? If you just want the .deb package for another reason, you can find it on packages.debian.org — invert, Oct 11 '10 at 07:36
I need to make eventually a script that fetches the package and it's dependencies. — user44556, Oct 11 '10 at 07:42

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '10 at 19:46

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sudo apt-get install openssh -d --reinstall

this will download the pacakge into /var/cache/apt/archives. however I think you probably mean "openssh-server" or "openssh-client" or "ssh" or something, there isn't an openssh pacakge in debian. You also might be interested in the "--print-uris" option if you are going to be scripting this.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 19:46

stew

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Thanks. In my system ssh is a meta-package containing both server and client. – user44556 Oct 13 '10 at 11:28
Please keep in mind package are not downloaded if you have conflicts. For 1 package this is probably not the case. – Roman Nikitchenko Apr 10 '13 at 10:13
A perfect answer to a tricky question! Saved my day! – user1880957 Nov 15 '21 at 14:09

Downloading package with apt-get when it's already installed on system

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