Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-09 Thread John K Masters
On 16:02 Thu 05 Jul , Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100 > John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? > > > > I run etch on my home desktop and sid on my laptop but I have a machine > > at work that is not, an

Re: Using apt-zip -was Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-07 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:58:55 + (UTC) Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:02:44 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100 > > John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? > >>

Using apt-zip -was Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-07 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:02:44 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100 > John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? >> > > This is what the apt-zip package is for. 2 simple queries: 1. ZIP drives are a thing

Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-05 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
John K Masters wrote: > The main reason for wanting to upgrade is > the huge difference in Open Office 2.0 to 2.2. Or could I just install > OO2.2 over the stable package? > One option as you stated is to upgrade to unstable and get open office 2.2 from there. Another choice is to install it fro

Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-05 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100 John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? > > I run etch on my home desktop and sid on my laptop but I have a machine > at work that is not, and never likely to be, connected to the internet. > It c

Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-05 Thread John K Masters
Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? I run etch on my home desktop and sid on my laptop but I have a machine at work that is not, and never likely to be, connected to the internet. It currently has etch installed off the 3 DVD set which I downloaded via jigdo. I know I ca