Vote for new Ubuntu Feature - Synaptic Improvement

[ac]

Yagnesh Desai wrote:
> 
> Friends;
>  
> As my wish list would want a new feature in Synaptic package manager
> which can add to repository, a folder of .deb files from HDD.
>  
> I wish to have someting like this:
>  
> - Keep binary .deb files in a folder on Hard disk (or 
> USB disk for that mater).
> - Ask Synaptic to scan that directory and creat list of packages available.
> - Show the list of missing dependencies
> - Install the available complete packages from the hdd directory.
>  
> I am aware easyubuntu was likely to come with simmilar feature while
> I am not aware of the status.

have you seen aptoncd (Apt-on-CD)?

http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/

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