[solved] How do I keep deb files after installing a package

[gi1242]

Hi All

If I install a package with apt, then it deletes the .deb file immediately after it installs the package. If I install the package with apt-get or aptitude then the .deb file is kept.

How do I change this? I would like apt to keep the .deb file for a bit, until I run an apt autoclean every few weeks.

Thanks in advance

[bw123]

from /usr/share/doc/apt/NEWS.Debian.gz

[ Automatic removal of debs after install ]
After packages are successfully installed by apt(8),
the corresponding .deb package files will be
removed from the /var/cache/apt/archives cache directory.

This can be changed by setting the apt configuration option
"Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages" to "true". E.g:

# echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' \
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01keep-debs

Please note that the behavior of apt-get is unchanged. The
downloaded debs will be kept in the cache directory after they
are installed. To enable the behavior for other tools, you can set
"APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages" to false.

[gi1242]

Thanks so much!

[emariz]

Glad to know that you got solved your issue.
bw123 forgot to paste the date of that changelog, though.

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-- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>  Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:22:16 +0100

Keep in mind that one can also grab previous versions of packages using the Snapshot system.
http://snapshot.debian.org/