All,
Most of us install software on our distro (specifically *buntu) using the internet There are odd times, when the hard disk may crash (physical). (or the hdd may blow up due to power surges etc.)
For a typical Microsoft Windows user, for freewares, one can ask for setup files from friends and install them back again, after buying a new hard disk `
For *buntu, one would have to download it again from the internet consuming data bytes, for something that was previously downloaded.
Therefore, there are several options to it, with one of them suggested by one of my friend. The .deb files of those packages (specifically multimedia ones) could be downloaded for once (from where?) and copied onto a CD. This CD could be used again and again at different places.
However, there are few more questions related to this. 1. Apt will and does resolve dependency while downloading / installing packages from the internet. Would there be dependency issues while installing it from CD. If yes, how could this be solved (by copying the required files / libs on to the CD)
2. Does the DVD of *buntu distros have enough multimedia packages which can be installed without the dependency problem?
Please note, the reason this initiative has come into picture is that the usage of the Internet is critically limited, in terms of downloads.
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Roshan wrote:
Therefore, there are several options to it, with one of them suggested by one of my friend. The .deb files of those packages (specifically multimedia ones) could be downloaded for once (from where?) and copied onto a CD. This CD could be used again and again at different places.
Check out the AptOnCD [1] project, now included in Feisty Fawn.
Roshan wrote:
All,
Most of us install software on our distro (specifically *buntu) using the internet There are odd times, when the hard disk may crash (physical). (or the hdd may blow up due to power surges etc.)
[snip]
Please note, the reason this initiative has come into picture is that the usage of the Internet is critically limited, in terms of downloads.
After updating my Kubuntu 6.06 from the net, I had made a backup of .deb files from apt cache into a CD and after reloading the system, they were pasted back in place. Apt went to the net to update but instead of starting downloads from 0%, it started at 50%. The rest, were later updates. So I guess you can use this method. Apt will use the net only to _list_ the packages and when it finds them in its own belly, it will not download them.
You could try it out and post a report on it.
hi roshan and others. apt on cd is a great project. I have used it and can testify that it creates such cd repository which can be then used else where. on my cd I have xmms, vlc player, and all codecs like g-streemer etc. if some one wants it I can give a copy. by the way I still can't figure out a way to run vcd (not dvd) on a feisty machine. dvd movies have no problem but vcd fails to run. I haven't tried vlc as yet, just installed it. so I will try vlc and then give my final confirmation. regards, Krishnakant.
krishnakant Mane wrote:
by the way I still can't figure out a way to run vcd (not dvd) on a feisty machine. dvd movies have no problem but vcd fails to run. I haven't tried vlc as yet, just installed it. so I will try vlc and then give my final confirmation.
VCDs don't mount in the newer kernels. Etch too.
On Sunday 03 June 2007 14:00, Rony wrote:
krishnakant Mane wrote:
I haven't tried vlc as yet, just installed it. so I will try vlc and then give my final confirmation.
I use mplayer to play vcd.
mplayer vcd://n
n = track number (1, 2.. )
kaffeine also works well for vcd.
VCDs don't mount in the newer kernels. Etch too.
Same experience with ``Etch''.
On 6/5/07, abhishek wrote:
I use mplayer to play vcd.
mplayer vcd://n
n = track number (1, 2.. )
This works fine.However if I use mplayer gui, right click anywhere on the player, click on "Open...", click on "Play VCD...", I get an error "ioctl dif1: Invalid argument". The VCD plays fine however.
kaffeine also works well for vcd.
VCDs don't mount in the newer kernels. Etch too.
Same experience with ``Etch''.
What is the reason for that? What if I want to copy the avseq.dat files? I tried a "sudo mount -oro /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0/" and it worked. I was able to browse the files. However, I got an Error "I/O error" if I tried to copy the avseq.dat files.
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