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I'm running Ubuntu live off a USB, I do not want to install it though. On the same USB I have a second partition to save files on. How would I save 'apt-get install *' and Software Store apps onto my second patition?

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  • Do you mean you want the debs downloaded by apt to be cached on the second partition instead of in the running partition, as a way to save space?
    – zwets
    Aug 14, 2014 at 12:49
  • apt-get download <pkg> in the directory you want to save it in should do. This won't grab dependencies, though.
    – hal7df
    Aug 14, 2014 at 21:20
  • @zwets Not originally, I wanted to save the downloaded apps on the USB but found out that is impossible. Now your way seems easier. How would I get deb for any app?
    – Vombocorn
    Aug 17, 2014 at 0:42

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If it is your intention to cache the debs downloaded by apt on the second partition instead of in the primary, then you could do that this way: 

# assuming the second partition is mounted at /mnt/second
# move the existing cache over to the second partition
sudo mv /var/cache/apt /mnt/second/apt-cache

# symlink the original name to the new location
sudo ln -s /mnt/second/apt-cache /var/cache/apt
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