[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 8.10 -

[Manish]

Arpan Patelia wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> Last week-end I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my friend's computer and it
> works very well. However he doesn't have internet connection and
> probably will not have it for at least couple of months, and he would
> like to be able to play songs and movies in Ubuntu.
>
> Is there any specific package(.deb file) like gstreamer codecs I can
> download using my connection and then install it on his computer? I do
> not want him to go through dependency issues.
>
> Kindly help.
>
> Thank you
> Arp at n.
>
>   
Hi,
If you have a working internet connection, then you can download and 
install it on your computer. After you install the packages, they are 
cached in the folder /var/cache/apt/archives. Now you need to install 
AptOnCD. Open AptOnCD from System>Administration.
Now click on Create, it will search all the packages on your system and 
list them down. Check the size of all the packages shown below which 
shows up as Selected **/** MB.
Then click on "Burn".   It will ask you whether you want to to create a 
CD or DVD, you have checked the size, if size is more than 700MB, go for 
DVD and click on Apply. The iso will be created and stored in your home 
directory.
Now you need to burn that ISO to a CD/DVD and take it to your friend's 
computer. Put it inside the drive, a popup will come saying "An 
unofficial repository has been detected". Then click on "Start Package 
Manager". All the packages will be imported.
Now click on Origin, you would see AptonCD/main , AptonCD/universe etc. 
If you want to install all the packages contained in the CD, then search 
for a package named aptoncd-metapackage.
Now click on Apply and then its all done.

Enjoy!

Regards,
Manish