moniker127
September 26th, 2011, 12:11 AM
Howdy folks. Heres my situation:
I have two computers that I can't hook up in any way, one has internet access, and is running windows, the other has no internet access and is running ubuntu 10.10, which was recently installed directly from an ubuntu dvd.
I'm trying to install VLC media player on the computer with no internet access via a USB thumb drive, but I'm having a problem in that It seems impossible to get all he packages and dependencies manually. I've been downloading the .debs from packages.ubuntu.com for VLC, but every time I download one package, it tells me I have unsatisified dependencies for that package, and, looking over it, i'm probably going to have to spend hours downloading hundreds of seperate files in order to get them all.
My question is- is there some easier way to install VLC on the offline computer? I'd love just a downloadable installer for VLC on ubuntu, does such a thing exist? It doesn't seem right that it is such a complicated process to install anything if your ubuntu machine doesn't have internet access.
Here is what i've tried so far:
-Keryx (http://keryxproject.org/) This failed, when I tried to execute it on the ubuntu box, it asked me to associate a program with executable files. It wasn't a .exe I clicked on, it looked like a normal linux application. It had no extension.
-A synaptic package download script as per instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware .
This did not work, when I generated the script, it created an empty script file that I believe called up the terminal and exited.
I have two computers that I can't hook up in any way, one has internet access, and is running windows, the other has no internet access and is running ubuntu 10.10, which was recently installed directly from an ubuntu dvd.
I'm trying to install VLC media player on the computer with no internet access via a USB thumb drive, but I'm having a problem in that It seems impossible to get all he packages and dependencies manually. I've been downloading the .debs from packages.ubuntu.com for VLC, but every time I download one package, it tells me I have unsatisified dependencies for that package, and, looking over it, i'm probably going to have to spend hours downloading hundreds of seperate files in order to get them all.
My question is- is there some easier way to install VLC on the offline computer? I'd love just a downloadable installer for VLC on ubuntu, does such a thing exist? It doesn't seem right that it is such a complicated process to install anything if your ubuntu machine doesn't have internet access.
Here is what i've tried so far:
-Keryx (http://keryxproject.org/) This failed, when I tried to execute it on the ubuntu box, it asked me to associate a program with executable files. It wasn't a .exe I clicked on, it looked like a normal linux application. It had no extension.
-A synaptic package download script as per instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware .
This did not work, when I generated the script, it created an empty script file that I believe called up the terminal and exited.