"Dana S. Wheeler" wrote: > > I have a really slow modem connection (rural phone line) so updating by > apt-get on line is not really an option. Is there some > web site where you can compile your own custom cd and have them mail it > to you? > > Thanks > > Dana S. Wheeler >
Hi Dana I don't know of such a service, but if you know someone with a fast connection and a cd-burner or zip drive, you could do the following: apt-get update via modem line apt-get upgrade # make sure you are happy with the changes and select NO read /usr/share/doc/apt/offline.html/index.html (you will be interested in ch3.html) do the steps as described to produce a wget-script run this wget script on your friend's computer, put the downloaded packages on zip or cd (Beware, some packages contain a % in the package name, this might be a problem when burning it on cd. Solution: bash:> exec tcsh tcsh:% touch packages.tar tcsh:% foreach foo ( `ls *.deb | grep %`) # the backquotes are important > tar uf packages.tar $foo > rm $foo > end tcsh:% exit You can safley burn packages.tar on cd now) Back at home, copy the debs to /var/cache/apt/archives and run apt-get upgrade again, selecting YES this time, and voil??, apt finds all the debs (I don't like the installing with "apt-get options::idont-know::this" as described in the offline manual) This is what I do frequently, hope you can do it the same way, however, if you have nobody near you with a fast connection, this won't help you. joerg -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
