Gutsy upgrade question: Manually downloading some packages using wget

[Hugo Heden]

On 10/30/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 10/29/2007 04:27 AM, Hugo Heden wrote:
> > Good day all,
> >
> > I have a problem with upgrading to Gutsy -- the update-manager tells
> > me [1] that it fails to fetch some 30 files (of the 1200 it needed).
> > So update-manager cancels the upgrade, and reset /etc/apt/sources.list
> > to point to feisty.
> >
> > (I suspect that this has to do with the (stupid) virus scanner in my
> > company firewall.. I've tried using several different Software
> > Sources, but to no avail.)
> >
> > However, I can download the 30 package files (deb-files) using wget,
> > so I actually have them on my file system.
> >
> > Now, how do I continue? How do I tell update-manager to continue, but
> > using the deb-files that I have manually downloaded?
> >
> > Do I for example somehow "select" the downloaded deb-files using
> > dpkg-something? And then restart update-manager?
> >
> > Or should skip update-manager and try modifying my sources.list
> > manually and then running apt-get dist-upgrade?
> >
> > Or do I create a "local apt-repository" on my file system containing
> > the deb-files, and add that repository to my sources.list..? (Hope
> > this is not the way to do it.. sounds tricky)
> >
> > Any hints much appreciated!
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Hugo Heden
> >
> >
> > [1] "Could not download the upgrades. The upgrade aborts now. Please
> > check your internet connection or installation media and try again. "
> >
>
> Use the alternate CD to update, then try updating the additional files.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades
> Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD
>
> Use this method if the system being upgraded is not connected to the
> Internet.
>

Aha.. thanks NoOp.

Yes, that sounds like what I should have done from the beginning (had
I known there was going to be network trouble), so this will be the
way to do it next time.

Best regards

Hugo Heden