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How can I download a package and all of its dependencies with apt-get

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http://serverfault.com – I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I would like to use apt-get to download a package and all of it's depenedcies. Those packages will have to be installed on computers with no internet connection, so in addition to the base package I also need to all of the package's dependcies as well. Is there an easy way to do this (like in muon package manager)? I know that I can use the apt-get download command for this, but I don't want to manually specify each package that muon recommends to install or upgrade. (HowTos)

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Submitted by u85500 on 11/25/2012

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i try

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and i get this messege

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