[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 8.10 -

[Arpan Patelia]

Thanks for the help. I will try this and will provide feedback.

Arp at n.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Manish <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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