On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:11 AM, kumaresan ganesan < kuralkumaranthama...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi Friends, > > I am using Ubuntu 8.04 (64-bit) in my HCL Leaptop. I have Ubuntu 8.04 > (i386) Repository received from www.zyxware.com. But Synaptic not loading > package list from repository DVDs. > > what can I do friends? > > assuming you got the right dvd's you can try copy the contents dist and the pool directories to a unique directory on your hard disk say /home/yourdirectory/ubuntu804_DVD1/ for the first dvd /home/yourdirectory/ubuntu804_DVD2/ and so on The open a terminal and do the following ~$sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.conf add the following lines (change to suit your specific local directory where you have copied the dist and pool directories specfic for each dvd) #local repository for Hardy Heron 8.04 deb file:///home/youruserdirectory/ubuntu804_DVD1/ hardy main multiverse universe deb file:///home/youruserdirectory/ubuntu804_DVD2/ hardy main multiverse universe and so on till all the dvd places are added place an # and space against all the other repositories mentioned in the sources.conf so that when you update you don't get error messages or unnecessarily burden synaptic in trying to search for online repositories save and exit then run ~$sudo apt-get update or from synaptic go to the reload option your repository will be local and up and running - it work(s)ed for me very well Other hints / tips 1. Make a copy of your original sources.conf (just in case you mess something up and want to revert) 2. user your text editor of choice if you don't like / use gedit 3. make sure the syntax is exact or you will get errors 4. make sure you have the exact directory path 5. Make sure you have tonnes of space Advantages : 1. Very fast instals 2. Don't have to keep changing dvd's while installing software 3. never need to miss any package whenever you feel you want to try something 4. If you have it on an external / portable HD this ready made repository can be used by anyone having the same ubuntu Disadvantages 1. needs tonnes of hard disk space 2. Allows you to install tonnes of packages and ends up really bloating your system and not being very efficient (but then you learn and optimize) ram
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