hello all, I am doing an installation of a few computers with orca (the screen reader) for blind people. it is at a very remote village where internet is not very strong. I have to do a apt-get install for gnome-common and also apt-get build-dep gnome-orca. both this commands connect to the internet and need to download the packages. now what I am trying to understand is whether dvd is worth the download? will gnome-common be available on the dvd? I am aware that orca is indeed available so no worrys. I am only worried about the dependencies which apt-get downloads from internet. if dvd has most of what is on the web based repositories, then my requirements will be fulfilled and to make the computers accessible, I wont need internet. regards, Krishnakant.
krishnakant Mane wrote:
hello all, I am doing an installation of a few computers with orca (the screen reader) for blind people. it is at a very remote village where internet is not very strong. I have to do a apt-get install for gnome-common and also apt-get build-dep gnome-orca. both this commands connect to the internet and need to download the packages.
You could create a test machine in the city where net is good and save all the deb packages from your /var/cache/apt/archives into a CD. Then either add the CD to the system as a repo or paste all the packages into the target machine's archives folder. Apt-get will go to the net for record keeping but will find the package already downloaded. Feisty has an option to add cds as a repos as soon as they are auto detected. It then brings up the gui package manager. That should be the simpler way.
Rony wrote:
You could create a test machine in the city where net is good and save all the deb packages from your /var/cache/apt/archives into a CD. Then either add the CD to the system as a repo or paste all the packages into the target machine's archives folder. Apt-get will go to the net for record keeping but will find the package already downloaded. Feisty has an option to add cds as a repos as soon as they are auto detected. It then brings up the gui package manager. That should be the simpler way.
There a package called APT on CD http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/. Its available in the repository in Ubuntu.
From Synaptic's description: CD-based repository creator for packages downloaded via APT Tool for the creation of a CD-based repository containing all packages downloaded via apt-get. Helpful for a post-installation on several machines or a simple backup method to re-install the system. After you've created the CD, you will be able to add it as a repository, as if it were an Ubuntu 'CD 2'. To run it, type "aptoncd" in a terminal. Or alternatively, via System -> Administration -> APTonCD menu entry.
On 12/05/07, Rohit V Bhute rvbhute@gmail.com wrote:
There a package called APT on CD http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/. Its available in the repository in Ubuntu.
yes I think I had overlooked it some time back. thanks rohit for that information.
From Synaptic's description: CD-based repository creator for packages downloaded via APT Tool for the creation of a CD-based repository containing all packages
is there a single command to create the cd with this aptoncd tool? and from where does it get the packages to create the repository? or do I need to tell him what packages I want on the cd so that the tool downloads it once for all? or is it going to take the list of available packages on my machine from the /var/cache/deb/archives folder which roni was mentioning?
After you've created the CD, you will be able to add it as a repository, as if it were an Ubuntu 'CD 2'. To run it, type "aptoncd" in a terminal.
so sudo aptoncd will create the cd containing the packages, is that right? I believe the command to add cd to the repositories is apt-cdrom add, correct me if I am wrong. and thanks again rohit for that information. regards, Krishnakant.
Yeah, that the way. The idea is to first setup the system on your machine as you want it. Then use the aptoncd utility to generate the second CD. When you go to install on your friend's machine, first install Ubuntu as normal, then use apt-cdrom command to add the second CD to its repository list and then install the necessary software.
--- krishnakant Mane wrote:
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The following file lists the files within the DVD. This should help you find out what packages are available within the DVD http://ubuntu-cdimage.datahop.it/releases/feisty/release/ubuntu-7.04-dvd-i38...
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On Saturday 12 May 2007 17:33, krishnakant Mane wrote:
hello all, I am doing an installation of a few computers with orca (the screen reader) for blind people. it is at a very remote village where internet is not very strong.
You need to download only once. Then create a Packages file by using dpkg-scanpackage. compress the Packages file to create packages.gz in the same dirctory as the source. burn the directory with the debs and Packages gz file to cd. next pop into the machine of choice and apt-cdrom add && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install xyz. But the abv is a pain with many machines - even with one machine. Just dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc where hda is your fully installed disk and hdc is a brand new disk. Takes about an hour for a 40gb disk.
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