On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 19:09, Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I am fairly new to the Linux world and am going through all of the > documentation and installation info for Debian 3.0. > > I will have a system that is going to be offline and probably never > connected to the internet. Am I going to be able to choose source files and > tarballs, etc. to compile on this system offline, or am I going to be > screwed on updating since I will not have an internet connection on it for a > while?
You can compile anything you like, though without a net connection you will obviously be limited to things you can get from other sources. For Debian packages, you can use apt with a local repository or a set of CDs. > Just curious, as I don't see this in the docs or forums. I see everyone > loving apt-get and Gentoo's portage, but that is not going to work on my > current setup. In the future, yes, but I don't know how long it will be. If you have a bare package file (foo*.deb) you can install it directly with dpkg, though you may have to spend time tracking down dependencies and acquiring the relevant packages. You can use alien to convert a tarball or rpm into a Debian pacakge (results NOT guaranteed!), or you can compile from source and install in /usr/local (to avoid conflicts with packages). -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" Matthew 5:43,44 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]