NAME

       debget - Fetch a .deb for a package in APT's database

SYNOPSIS

       debget package [package ...]

DESCRIPTION

       debget fetches a .deb for one or more packages from an Debian mirror.  It uses apt-get(1)
       to find out the URL so it will download the same version from the same server as apt-get
       would do. The .deb will be downloaded with curl(1) and stored in your current working
       directory.

KNOWN BUGS

       debget will not work for packages that are available in apt-get's cache.  If you need that
       functionality please use the .download option in aptitude.

AUTHOR

       Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

       This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

       On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License may be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(1), curl(1)