Manual Download of .debs

[Matthew S-H]

It can connect to the internet.  Al my computers can connect to the 
internet.  Just not while they're using Linux-bases OSes.
And the network option is not an option.  I don't have the hardware 
right now.  :(.

So is there any way to download dependencies automatically via a 
script, using some piece of software, or some other means?

~Matt


On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:44 PM, Noah Dain wrote:

> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
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>>>>> 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
>
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