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kimikrishna
March 23rd, 2009, 06:26 AM
i have a 128 kBps net speed so that i cant update my ubuntu..... updates are 200 mb pending still..... whereas my friend has 2 mb ps net speed ..... if he downloads and installs the updates , how do i copy them from his computer and update mine ??

i use 8.10 32 bit on a 64 bit processor...

cariboo
March 23rd, 2009, 08:25 AM
You could use aptoncd, it is in the repositories.

All the downloaded packages are archived in /var/cache/apt/archives.

Jim

kimikrishna
March 23rd, 2009, 03:04 PM
i have installed apt on cd..

then, what to do ??

i mean, do i need to install this in his computer too ??

kimikrishna
March 25th, 2009, 11:10 AM
i will copy updates from my friend's computer in to CD..

what tto do next ?? ::(

Anthon
March 25th, 2009, 11:11 AM
sudo dpkg --install *.deb
would install of the packages