Randymanme
October 25th, 2012, 06:44 PM
Hello,
I'm presently without an internet connection -- I'm at the public library right now.
It's my understanding that packages can be installed to Ubuntu from CD/DVD without having to have an internet connection. But there must be something I'm missing here. Synaptic package manager>respositories (for those Ubuntu releases or Ubuntu-derivatives the have synaptic package manager) has a place to select installation from CDROM: just put in the disc. But I haven't had it work for me at all -- not on Ubuntu, Ultimate Edition, Pinguy, or Mint. As it is, I have Ubuntu, Ultimate Edition, Pinguy installed so that I can use all the packages I want without having to have an internet connection to download and install them all on any one install.
12.10 :confused: by the way is especially unusable; no synaptic, no gdebi, no gparted, no screensaver . . .. Is there someway I can just download an update for a fresh install? So far, I haven't the dependencies on any of my installed OSes the install APtonCD. Is this what the Alternate Install CD is for?
Having wait in line for an hour slot on a public computer is severely limiting my googling opportunities so it's more efficacious to just ask.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I'm presently without an internet connection -- I'm at the public library right now.
It's my understanding that packages can be installed to Ubuntu from CD/DVD without having to have an internet connection. But there must be something I'm missing here. Synaptic package manager>respositories (for those Ubuntu releases or Ubuntu-derivatives the have synaptic package manager) has a place to select installation from CDROM: just put in the disc. But I haven't had it work for me at all -- not on Ubuntu, Ultimate Edition, Pinguy, or Mint. As it is, I have Ubuntu, Ultimate Edition, Pinguy installed so that I can use all the packages I want without having to have an internet connection to download and install them all on any one install.
12.10 :confused: by the way is especially unusable; no synaptic, no gdebi, no gparted, no screensaver . . .. Is there someway I can just download an update for a fresh install? So far, I haven't the dependencies on any of my installed OSes the install APtonCD. Is this what the Alternate Install CD is for?
Having wait in line for an hour slot on a public computer is severely limiting my googling opportunities so it's more efficacious to just ask.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.