install of nvidia 185 no internet access

[Goh Lip]

On 05/14/2010 12:37 AM, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> I think I can download build-essential package and copy to the usb and
> then copy to the hard disk and install with a double click, no?
>
> Thanks
>
> gary
>


Er, no.
Have you seen my much earlier message to you (on codecs)?
I wrote on 4/11:
> First, get the one computer (with internet) in full update and with all
> apps and codecs in place. Then make a dir, say in your home ~/Repo.
>
> At terminal type the following...
> sudo apt-get autoclean
> <or> sudo aptitude autoclean (depending on what you use)
> sudo cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb ~/Repo
> cd /Repo     <to be at /Repo to make below command>
> sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz
>
> Then burn a cd of contents of Repo, making sure package.gz is there.
> With this cd, go to all the other computers without internet and at
> terminal do this...
>
> sudo apt-cdrom add
>
> This will prompt you to name the cd,
> then whatever apps and codecs you want to install...
> sudo apt-get (or aptitude) install <whateever>
>
> This will prompt you to put in the cd that you made and continue with
> installation.
>
> You should have the other computers updated.


Do the same for build-essential.(or any other package)

Regards - Goh Lip