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bhupinderjitbawa
April 11th, 2011, 07:15 AM
Hi...guys i want to install packages from source..
I do have a broadband connection..and i can install using apt-get...but problem is i want to distribute it to my friends at hostel where they dont have internet connection...and when i try to install it from tar balls ... almost every packages having dependencies..it require this require this ...and require this... so i m not able to provide them the packages offline..
how do i know which are the dependencies...and do i need to download all the related packages first in order to distribute to my friends???
i want to know a way through which i download packages from internet and can give and install it on other pcs..>?????

confused57
April 11th, 2011, 08:19 AM
This may be what you need:

http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/index.html