How can I direct apt-get install package_name to download package and its dependencies to some other location

Question

How can I direct apt-get install package_name to download package and its dependencies to some other location instead of var/cache/apt/archives?

Answer 1

You can download a package and all its dependencies with the following command, provided neither the package nor its dependencies are installed in the machine:

sudo apt-get --download-only -o Dir::Cache="/path/to/destination/dir/" \
    -o Dir::Cache::archives="./" install package_name

Answer 2

You can edit file /etc/apt/apt.conf and add this:

Dir::Cache::Archives "/path/you/want/";

Note that from now on, all downloaded files by apt will be stored on that dir. To disable it, you only need to comment that line (with #)

Answer 3

Just try:

cd /directory
apt-get download package_name*