[ubuntu-in] adding the same packages in a new installation

[Manish Sinha]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Moz <listmoz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I am using Natty 64 bit on my computer. I would like to do a new install of
> Oneiric 64 bit. I do not have good internet connection at home, so I have to
> go elsewhere to download packages. I usually follow the following procedure
> for a new installation:
> 1. save markings including the full state in synaptics from the existing
> installation
> 2. install the new OS in a VMbox
> 3. in the new installation, open synaptics, read the markings from a saved
> file, generate a download script.
> 4. go to a fast internet place, download all the packages and then bring
> them back home, run dpkg to install the downloaded debs
> When I tried this for Oneiric, there were 6 broken packages, when I tried to
> remove them and move on, the packages are held (not removed) and synaptic
> can not generate the download script or download the packages at all.
> Is there some other way to do this?

Looks like your system is not update. I mean the apt index.

There is an application named apt-offline which does all your
* apt-get update
* apt-get upgrade
* apt-get install
operations. So you can update your apt database, upgrade packages and
install new packages using it. You can try it out. Right now the command
line version is well suited even though there is a UI (which doesn't work
very well).

You might want to get apt-offline package the first time how you are getting
packages right now. Then  you can read the man page to understand.

I know I should recommend GUI apps, but I have always used apt-offline
and it works pretty well. If you have any problems, please get back.

-
Manish