Manual Download of .debs

[Noah Dain]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:35:45 -0500, Matthew S-H <mathbymath at aol.com> wrote:
> The modems aren't working because they're WinModems.  As far as I can
> tell, there isn't much I can do for a workaround for this.
> 
> Is there any place that I can find a script or something that would
> automatically download all dependencies or indicate the dependency tree
> that I could run on a Mac or Win box?  If there is, that would be
> awesome.  It would make manually using dpkg a lot easier.
> 
> ~Matt
> 
> 
> On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Bill Christiansen wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> 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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> >>
> >>
> >
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there's apt-zip, but I don't think this will work for you, as you
still need a networkable debian/ubu machine somewhere in the mix.
http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/warty/admin/apt-zip

Package: apt-zip (0.13.2) [universe]
Update a non-networked computer using apt and removable media

As for my previous response, I must not be understanding your setup.

Can your mac connect to the internet?  If so, and it has a network
card, could you make the mac act as a nat/gateway providing internet
access for the pc?  If so, that should make things easier, no?

-- 
Noah Dain
noahdain at gmail.com