Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 13/01/13 22:24, Tony Pursell wrote: On 13 January 2013 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com mailto:aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. It's not just updates he'd miss out on, but also new packages he may want to install. You _could_ mirror the entire repository onto your hard disk and then copy that to a USB attached drive and post that over. Right now the entire repo (binary only) for precise takes up 53GB. Like this:- debmirror --nosource -m --passive --host=archive.ubuntu.com http://archive.ubuntu.com --root=ubuntu/ --method=http --progress --dist=precise,precise-updates,precise-security --section=main,restricted,universe,multiverse --arch=i386 ~/ubuntumirror/ubuntu --ignore-release-gpg He could then point his apt sources.list at the usb stick and install packages from it via apt or software centre, as well as update via update manager. Cheers, Maplin are selling a 64 GB USB stick for something like 30 pounds I think A bit cheaper from E-Buyer - but you have to pay for delivery, of course. http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00413=64subcat=3618cat=458 (I don't have shares in them :-) Tony Thanks for the advice. I think mirroring the repo is going to be the way forwards. BW Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg Admittedly the link is via a standard CW satellite link which is always expensive. Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands ubuntu community group! This is my question - His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. apt-offline might be a good way to go [1]. He could email the .sig file (which is small I think) to you and you could download the files to usb and post to him. [1] http://maketecheasier.com/update-upgrade-ubuntu-without-internet-connection/2012/07/10 Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. It's not just updates he'd miss out on, but also new packages he may want to install. You _could_ mirror the entire repository onto your hard disk and then copy that to a USB attached drive and post that over. Right now the entire repo (binary only) for precise takes up 53GB. Like this:- debmirror --nosource -m --passive --host=archive.ubuntu.com --root=ubuntu/ --method=http --progress --dist=precise,precise-updates,precise-security --section=main,restricted,universe,multiverse --arch=i386 ~/ubuntumirror/ubuntu --ignore-release-gpg He could then point his apt sources.list at the usb stick and install packages from it via apt or software centre, as well as update via update manager. Cheers, Maplin are selling a 64 GB USB stick for something like 30 pounds I think -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 13 January 2013 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. It's not just updates he'd miss out on, but also new packages he may want to install. You _could_ mirror the entire repository onto your hard disk and then copy that to a USB attached drive and post that over. Right now the entire repo (binary only) for precise takes up 53GB. Like this:- debmirror --nosource -m --passive --host=archive.ubuntu.com --root=ubuntu/ --method=http --progress --dist=precise,precise-**updates,precise-security --section=main,restricted,**universe,multiverse --arch=i386 ~/ubuntumirror/ubuntu --ignore-release-gpg He could then point his apt sources.list at the usb stick and install packages from it via apt or software centre, as well as update via update manager. Cheers, Maplin are selling a 64 GB USB stick for something like 30 pounds I think A bit cheaper from E-Buyer - but you have to pay for delivery, of course. http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00413=64subcat=3618cat=458 (I don't have shares in them :-) Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg Admittedly the link is via a standard CW satellite link which is always expensive. Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands ubuntu community group! This is my question - His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. Thanks Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 12/01/13 22:52, Dan Fish wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg Admittedly the link is via a standard CW satellite link which is always expensive. Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands ubuntu community group! This is my question - His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. Thanks Dan AptonCD (http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/) maybe of use. HTH, Sam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg Admittedly the link is via a standard CW satellite link which is always expensive. Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands ubuntu community group! This is my question - His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. This is pretty much the how: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Offline/Repository . Using apt-cache should make the collection process more straightforward and reduce your bandwidth needs. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users
On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) via this method? My google-fu has failed me. It's not just updates he'd miss out on, but also new packages he may want to install. You _could_ mirror the entire repository onto your hard disk and then copy that to a USB attached drive and post that over. Right now the entire repo (binary only) for precise takes up 53GB. Like this:- debmirror --nosource -m --passive --host=archive.ubuntu.com --root=ubuntu/ --method=http --progress --dist=precise,precise-updates,precise-security --section=main,restricted,universe,multiverse --arch=i386 ~/ubuntumirror/ubuntu --ignore-release-gpg He could then point his apt sources.list at the usb stick and install packages from it via apt or software centre, as well as update via update manager. Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
