How to force apt to merely download .deb file
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How to force apt to download .deb file only even if its dependency unmet
Code:$ sudo apt -d -f install libc6/testing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version '2.31-9' (Debian:testing [amd64]) for 'libc6'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libglib2.0-0 : Breaks: libgirepository-1.0-1 (< 1.62.0-4~) but 1.58.3-2 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaksHow to achieve ?


Code:$ sudo apt -d -f install libc6/testing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version '2.31-9' (Debian:testing [amd64]) for 'libc6'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libglib2.0-0 : Breaks: libgirepository-1.0-1 (< 1.62.0-4~) but 1.58.3-2 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaksHow to achieve ?