2007/4/27, Mahesh M maheshmukundan@gmail.com:
is there a way of installing the packages that do not belong to repositiry. I dont think that driver files of modem and all can be integrated to package manager. We usually use dpkg, alien or rpm (rather I and my friends !!) And they (not the latest one :) )do not have anything called "satisfy dependency by checking the net" option!! And even the newer versions arent that friendly as user needs to know host ID, user name passwd, address etc. Nobody is bothered to sacrifice so much of time for such a thing!
Have you heard of apt or synaptic? you can go to this page and read about it http://www.google.com/search?q=apt
If you don't want to use whatever is available and blame others, I can't help. When you say you are using dpkg, alien or rpm that means you know what to do and you don't need any help from apt. aptitude, synaptic, pirut or kynaptic.
Exactly .. But is there any solution. Since in country like India, we cant expect the users to get a quality connection, rather sometimes any net-connection at all!
you can get the cds/dvds from sujeevan in kannore, you can call him or write a postal mail. He even sends it as vpp I think. So lack of internet is not an issue. Learning a different way of doing things is.
Cheers Praveen