How To: Make Your Own Ubuntu Repository DVDs

[frodon]

Just in case you don't know it, some of you might be interested by APTonCD, it's a graphical tool to create a repository to burn on a CD/DVD (it's in the ubuntu repositories) :
http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/index.html

Screenshots here :
http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

[BobSongs]

Just in case you don't know it, some of you might be interested by APTonCD, it's a graphical tool to create a repository to burn on a CD/DVD (it's in the ubuntu repositories) :
http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/index.html

Screenshots here :
http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

Oui, merci beaucoup Frodon. Frodon's got a point. While it's not quite the same idea it is still something to have posted in this thread for reference sake.

AptOnCD lets you create a CD- or DVD-R from the .deb files downloaded when installing packages (software). You can spare yourself a lot of downloading time if you create a CD/DVD of your current setup files. AptOnCD does this quite nicely. Just make sure you never clear your downloads before doing this. And I believe Apt-on-CD is now appearing in the repositories.

This tutorial is slightly different in that it allows you to have an image of all available .deb files for a particular flavor of ubuntu.

It's a cool concept and I toyed with the idea of adding a note to the main tutorial. However, this post will do quite nicely.

[cezar]

where i find iso repository for dapper or feisty to download ?

can someone yo put on a server?; i am a newbie and i want to take it already done.

[Nythain]

sorry to resurrect an old thread but i just want to make sure of something
im going to attempt this project, and incorporate step 9. Point APT Locally... so here's my questions

1. do i still need to make the iso's as mentioned in steps 4 and 5 or can i skip those steps since i will be installing locally

2. In step 9 you have

cd ~/UbuntuRepos && dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null > Packages && gzip Packages && cd ~

i modified where the repo was downloaded to
/data/backup/repos/UbuntuRepos
so should i change your command to read more like

cd /data/backup/repos/UbuntuRepos && dpkg-scannpackages . /dev/null > Packages && gzip Packages && cd /data/backup/repos

there's not much explanation on what each one of those commands is doing (wich is sorta easy to figure out) or if they have to be run from certain locations... like why the cd ~ at the very end... is that just so the user is back at thier familiar home directory or does it actually serve a purpose???

3. since i changed my download location im assuming in the sources.list i should make it look more like this

deb file:/data/backup/repos/UbuntuRepos ./

whats the ./ for... am i going to need to change that too???
A side note on this question... If i download multiple repos (medibuntu/canonical/wine/) they are going to need thier own deb file: entries in sources.list also correct?

sorry to be a pest but i just want to make sure i have all this right BEFORE i download that much stuff


Edit: Well, everything is working great... thanks for this how to... combined with a little crontab research i now update my local repos once a week... so the next time i have to reinstall upgrading will be a snap... and if i ever find myself installing ubuntu on a friends pc without broadband, i can sleep easier knowing that they are up to date also

[BobSongs]

where i find iso repository for dapper or feisty to download ?

can someone yo put on a server?; i am a newbie and i want to take it already done.

Sorry it took so long to respond. I'm not frequently here because I get so few posts. The tutorial pretty much covers everything.


cezar: the place you're looking to download from is: ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ub...-packages-dvd/ and they've got pre-made ISOs for you. Hope that helps. The link was in my FAQ at the bottom of the tutorial.

[BobSongs]

sorry to resurrect an old thread

It's not actually that old. But you're welcome to ask questions.

but i just want to make sure of something im going to attempt this project, and incorporate step 9. Point APT Locally... so here's my questions

1. do i still need to make the iso's as mentioned in steps 4 and 5 or can i skip those steps since i will be installing locally

Okay. Good question. The answer is: No. You don't have to. Use the local files to your heart's content. Keep them up-to-date and all will be well. The DVDs are for friends or family with slow connections. You can skip all DVD creation stuff.

2. In step 9 you have

cd ~/UbuntuRepos && dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null > Packages && gzip Packages && cd ~

i modified where the repo was downloaded to
/data/backup/repos/UbuntuRepos
so should i change your command to read more like

cd /data/backup/repos/UbuntuRepos && dpkg-scannpackages . /dev/null > Packages && gzip Packages && cd /data/backup/repos

there's not much explanation on what each one of those commands is doing (wich is sorta easy to figure out) or if they have to be run from certain locations... like why the cd ~ at the very end... is that just so the user is back at thier familiar home directory or does it actually serve a purpose???

The original tutorial has been repaired. Pointing Apt locally was flawed. Then a member pointed out the correct way to "hack" sources.list and it works perfectly.

[regomodo]

hmm. well, it finally finished the download (almost 24hours) but it ended with an error.

I re entered the command for download but it hangs at a message.

Parse Packages and Sources files and add to the file list everything therein

Shall i just assume it's scanning the ~/UbuntuRepos folder to see what has been downloaded?

[regomodo]

Ok. It was scanning itself and it know has downloaded fully.

I now have a knew problem

ruby debcopy -l ~/UbuntuRepos/ ~/UbuntuDVDs/ubuntu0

doesn't work. I get

ruby: No such file or directory -- debcopy (LoadError)

I have ruby installed. Anyone with ideas?

[regomodo]

bump

[cezar]

@regomondo

try this > "http://www.howtoforge.com/dvd_images_of_ubuntu_repositories" > "6 About the script 'debcopy' "

@bobsongs

can i put repositories on cd-s ? more friends of mine have a cd-rw, not dvd-rw...how can i do this ?

P.S. thanks a lot for this tutorial and for link...

Best regards...