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Problem updating

Asked by Samarth Kumar

I just installed ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS. In the add/remove programs, the softwares are out-of-date. I don't have internet in my pc. What should i do to update them?

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said : 		#1

Download aptoncd on a computer with internet but with ubuntu hardy 8.04.1 WITHOUT updates, then update and track which updates you need, then use AptOnCD to burn them onto a CD and use them to your computer without internet. :)

It's easier if you bring your computer somewhere with internet access and update it directly.

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Samarth Kumar (samarthkumar) said : 		#2

What is AptONCD and from here i can download it?

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Best valchau (vchau001) said : 		#3

Get it here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=174934

What is it? Read:

http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/
Get APT anywhere

Have you ever felt that there is no life without APT? Well, if you'd suddenly lost conection to the internet, how would you install new packages? What about dependencies? You've just finished installing Ubuntu and configured it to a rad look, with all your favorite applications? For some reason you now have to re-install it? Feel like you have to download all of your favorite programs again? What? You've already forgotten which packages you had dowloaded before?
What is APTonCD?

APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.
APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all of your .deb packages located in one especific repository, so that you can install them into your computers without the need for an internet conection.
With APTonCD you be able to...

Backup
    Backup all downloaded packages (via apt-get, aptitude and synaptic) to restore later.
Transport
    Take with you all your favorite packages, in a removable repository where you can install then all on anytime, anytime.
Download
    Get an entire repository, or a specifc section. Simply point-and-click, and in few time you'll have an CD(s) or DVD(s) with entire main, restricted, universe, multiverse, contrib, etc.
Share
    Share your packages with your friends without Internet conection. Also, send a meta-package for him to install the same set of packages that you have.

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Samarth Kumar (samarthkumar) said : 		#4

Thanks valchau, that solved my question.