[ubuntu-in] Packages + Dependices

[Manish]

Fabian Enos wrote:
> My friend asked me to give him a Ubuntu iso image on his pen drive (a
> ubuntu sticker on one of my books gave him the idea) and asked me to
> include some apps that he might find useful. Now I have dowloaded all
> of the apps and their dependicies using apt-get and copied the files
> from /var/cache/apt/archives
>
> Now what I want to do is create something like a package that installs
> the app on the system as well as its dependicies. I should be able to
> build it here (on my system) and make sure that it will work on his
> new system and not say that certain dependicies are missing.
>
> P.S: My friend does not an internet connection so he cant download the
> packages himself
>
>   
You can create a repository on a CD using AptOnCD. Its even signed, so 
he should not face any problems.

Check out AptOnCD on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/aptoncd
and on SourceForge: http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/index.html

Regards,
Manish