Installation Methods

[vijay s]

Hi Folks
What are the installation Method available in ubuntu..
or what is the difference between add/remove and synapetic package manager... and what is source manager..

[macaholic]

The most advanced and detailed system is Synaptic, it gives you many options and will list every package from sources you've enabled.

Sources, often referred to as repositories or repos, are indexes of packages and their dependenccies (programs and libraries and their requirements to be installed). Source manager allows you to add third-part sources for software not always offered in the default Ubuntu repos. These are usually in the form of a deb line, ie "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main" or, in 9.10 specifically, with PPAs from launchpad (http://launchpad.net/),something like "ppa:deluge-team/ppa"

Also in 9.10 there is now the "Ubuntu Software Center" which is, from my viewing, similar to Add/Remove, with the potential for a future application storefront and other improvements.

[macaholic]

You can read more about the Software Center here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Software_Center
It's the best explanation I could find of it.

[vijay s]

Thanks for sharing info...
I am using ubuntu in a system without internet,and i want to update ubuntu package offline.. i heard a method to update from cd/dvd created with package collected from other system..

can u share info on how to do this.. i searched this forum but not got clear idea...

[MelDJ]

see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Offline/Repository