Installing softwares widout internet.

[srikar]

Most of my friends donot hav an internet connection.
Even they use ubuntu. I hav to manually download all the dependencies for a particular software and giv them , which is really painful.

Is there any easy alternative for manual installation widout internet(something like single click install) ??

[ad_267]

Not really. You can download packages from http://packages.ubuntu.com but obviously you have to download the dependencies too. I think you can order a DVD from canonical that has a lot more packages available than the CD.

[iaculallad]

This page (http://planetoss.com/detail.php?id=13) might help you install applications without internet connection.

[srikar]

ya , i know that (even there are many distros like mint,ultimate) wid lots of softwares pre installed. But i just wanted to know that is there any alternative for time consuming manual installation??

[ibutho]

If you are thinking of a one click install like the ones for some Windows programs then unfortunately non exists in Linux that works without a net connection.

One solution to your problem would be to get an Ubuntu DVD or a DVD for the likes of Mandriva, openSUSE, Debian and Fedora which are shipped with lots of packages (especially the Debian DVDs), so you rarely need a net connection to install packages.

[Partyboi2]

You can also use aptoncd (http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/) which is in the ubuntu repos

[srikar]

Thanku everyone , apt-on cd is really an useful app.

This website sells entire ubuntu repos on dvds , but this service is available only in India.
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/03/05/ubuntu-repository-on-dvds-available-at-zyxware-order-it-now

I think there are lot of such sites which sell ubuntu repository in form of dvds.if u find any such sites just add link to this thread.

[srikar]

ftp://kambing.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository/8.04/

hmm, an huge iso.