-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here's an idea. I'll explain the concept first, and then a possible way to do it.
Concept: Make your own apt repository on a CD. You can then add packages as you see fit and transfer them across multpl machines, or archive it later for on-demand updates without need for internet. Possible execution: First, download and install the dpkg development stuff. apt-get install dpkg-dev Next, make the repo directory. I'll assume that your user is called "andrei". mkdir -p /home/andrei/gnewsense-repo/dists/deltad/main/binary-i386 Then, put your .deb files in binary-i386. This means you'll have to download them first, or use them from your apt-cache. Now, change directories and generate the files you need to have a repo. cd /home/andrei/gnewsense-repo dpkg-scanpackages dists/deltad/main/binary-i386 /dev/null >Packages This will (in theory) generate the files needed to apt-get packages from here once you add this to your /etc/apt/source.list file. If you then burn /home/andrei/gnewsense-repo to a CD, you should then be able to pop this in, add the CD to your sources list (Synaptic also has an "Add CD" option, I think) and apt-get from it. The idea isn't exactly fleshed out, may contain errors. :D But I hope it's a start. :D - -Kevin andrei raevsky wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I only have dial-up so each update or application downloads comes > *very* slowly and I really would hate to have to do it all over again. > Also - I would love to have the possibility to install gNewSense 1.1 > on another computer and just stick a CD in to add all the other > applications previously downloaded. > > Now, I know that my downloaded files are in /var/cache/apt/archives files. > > Also - Paul kindly sent me the DVD of the full gNewSense 1.1 sources > (along with a gNewSense 1.1 and a gNewSense-KDE 1.1) ==>>which, by the > way, I am would gladly snailmail to anyone needing them<<== > > So help me out here: which of the two should I use, the > /var/cache/apt/archives archives which I could burn to a CD or the DVD > of the sources and, even more importantly, *how* do I use them. > > I thought of mixing external and internal sources (with a CD with > /var/cache/apt/archives burned to it) but Paul warned me that it is a > very bad idea to mix sources. Is there any way to add either 1) the > downloaded application after the first install of gNewSense or 2) how > could I best use the gNewSense source archive DVD Paul sent me? Or is > there no safe way to do this and is it the *only* option to 'apt-get > update && apt-get dist-upgrade'? > > Many thanks for any help, > > Andrei > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF3xnsIU6faB3X04sRAgafAKCQZRVbl27praWKSaJlDSGJIQrxzQCdGrdo Di4uqPLR/LACN6XEYRG7z/0= =Onik -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
