Manual Download of .debs

[Bill Christiansen]

It's certainly possible to browse to the online repositories and
manually download debs for installation and then install with 
dpkg -i <package>

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

It's not a recommended way of installing apps as you can run into
dependency issues but if you can't get online and need a particular
program to help get your modem working give it a go. I would recommend
trying gnome-ppp from the universe.

On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 15:02 -0500, Matthew S-H wrote:
> But none of the modems on any of the machines will work with Ubuntu :(.
> 
> 
> On Mar 10, 2005, at 7:32 PM, Noah Dain wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:31:56 -0500, Matthew S-H <mathbymath at aol.com> 
> > wrote:
> >> I currently don't have internet access on Ubuntu.  This is because
> >> Ubuntu is not compatible with my modem right now.  I can easily,
> >> however, transfer files (such as .deb files) to my Ubuntu machine via
> >> an external hard drive (ie:  my iPod).
> >> Here is my question:
> >> Is there any way to download the .deb files from repositories via ftp
> >> or something?  I can download them using either my MacOS X computer or
> >> my WinXP computer.  The XP computer currently quadruple boots into
> >> Ubuntu, XP, Debian, and Gentoo.  And the Mac will (once I set it up)
> >> triple-boot into MacOS X, Ubuntu, and Darwin.
> >> So, if any of you could tell me a method of accessing repositories via
> >> ftp downloaders (such as a web browser), I'd appreciate it.
> >>
> >> ~Matt
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> ubuntu-users mailing list
> >> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> >>
> > http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/
> >
> > ran across this a little while back.  Looks like the person that set
> > this up ported the debian web repository interface to ubu.
> >
> > However, since you have other machines running ubu, you could copy the
> > .debs from /var/cache/apt/archives.
> >
> > but really, 3 machines and no local network?  you could setup a nat
> > connection on winxp or something and plug the ubu box into that and
> > use the network normally.  It may even be possible to connect the two
> > machines via a serial, parallel, or usb cable and run ip over it.
> >
> > -- 
> > Noah Dain
> > noahdain at gmail.com
> >
> > -- 
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> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> 
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