View Full Version : Sneakernet package Installation experiences
mfarquhar
May 12th, 2006, 06:39 PM
has anybody here had any luck with installing packages via sneakernet on ubuntu (ie. downloading packages on one computer, using a cd, floppy, USB Drive, Jump Drive, to install them on another computer)
it's never worked for me
helpme
May 12th, 2006, 06:50 PM
Let's put it this way, in my limited experience, there's certainly room for improvement here.
Anyway, I haven't tried it myself, but I recently stumbled on a little tool called apt-zip that was specifically designed to help in this situation. Maybe you want to give it a try.
http://debian.pffa.de/ger/howto/apt-zip.html
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