AptOnCD: apt-get Repository on DVD/CD – Ubuntu/Debian
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Those who are familiar with Debian-based system with know a thing or two about apt-get.
apt-get is a wonderful tool that simplifies package management in Debian and Ubuntu derived Linux distro, be it software installation, security updates, upgrades, software removal and searches, apt-get does wonders in daily computer management.
However some linux distro (Ubuntu, obviously) relies heavily on internet connection to access its repository. This sometimes impractical to computer that is not always connected to the internet.
One alternative to that solution is to get the repositories on CD/DVD. However packages included in there may not suit your needs and might be redundant.
Luckily there’s AptonCD, a GUI application that helps you create removable repository on CD/DVD using packages you’ve downloaded.
AptOnCD, enables you to select specific package that you want to put in removable repository (DVD/CD).
Once created, the DVD can act as a repository itself and you can install software from it using apt-get normally.
AptOnCD also has feature that can restore/copy all the packages on the target computer, this means you can ‘preload’ the computer with packages from apt-get before you start using it. This can save
your time from having to insert the repository CD/DVD when you want to install a software.
Currently AptOnCD is tested and available for Ubuntu and Debian Linux distribution and can be downloaded here : http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/download.html
[tags]apt-get,ubuntu,debian,mirrors,repository,synaptic[/tags]
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for a guide to add the DVD on Feisty Fawn repository list. You can also read the guide in Indonesian language from http://wiki.ubuntu-id.org/DistribusiDvdReposUbuntu Alternatively, you can create a customized Repository CD/DVD that suit your needs using AptOnCD utility to be used on a computer which does not have a high speed internet connection. -Hope that would help Tags: ubuntu, feisty fawn, feisty, debian Original post by mypapit and software by Elliott Back
March 20th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Very nice. I’ve never known such app existed. This would be very helpful to me.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:42 am
[...] Mar 27200715:58 GMTAptOnCD is needed! .01$A few minutes ago, I noticed in a forum a question about "Ubuntu updates with no internet connection": «I assume I’m going to have to build or mirror one or more repositories to CD, but I haven’t yet found any instructions for doing this.»Uh-uh. I just noticed a few days ago that Tuxmachines added the third pointer to AptOnCD.And of course it works with anything APT and DEB-based, not only Ubuntu!So, here’s what I posted in the forum (apart from "the hard way, man apt-cdrom") — the 3 links:Nov. 06, 2006, LinuxHelp: AptonCD – Create a backup of all the packages you have installed using apt-getNov. 27, 2006, DebianAdmin: Create backup of all packages using APTonCD in UbuntuMarch 20, 2007, MyPapit: AptOnCD: apt-get Repository on DVD/CD – Ubuntu/DebianThe Ubunteros have failed to give it the proper attention — currently, only Feisty has it in "universe". [Français] [Deutsch] [Nederlands] [Español] [Português] [Italiano]0 (+0) comments so far [view/add comments] [permalink] [...]
June 7th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
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September 11th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
[...] Re: Saving download programs There is no single magic command that will know what you want exactly, so no, you cannot just execute some command and get the system with all the software you had previously installed –or try aptoncd (load a CD dvd with packages list and can restore from that http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/03/put-…ntudebian.html –the original apt methods.. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap…basico.en.html Quote: [...]