<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Paul Trevethan wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20070526123003.fb567cc5.plist@internode.on.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:11:59 +0200 Arnold Pietersen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za"><arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I want to reinstall Feisty. However, I want to save the packages which I installed to a CD so that when I reinstall Feisty, I can reinstall those packages from CD instead of having to go on the Internet; bandwidth is a problem. Is it possible? If so, how? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I see you have received a number of suggestions to your problem - including the easiest one a couple of times already. Let me tell you I have done what you want to do a number of times. It is in fact how I bring my family's machines up to date for those without broadband. The solution is APTONCD. Assuming you have not cleared your archive on your primary machine, you use aptoncd to create a cd (or dvd in my case) of all the software installed since fresh install. BTW, if you have .deb files from sources other than repos that you have installed, just put a copy of them in the apt cache directory before you run aptoncd against the cache; they will get included without problem. Once you have your cd/dvd of apps, simply do a fresh install on the other machine (or same one in your case), add the cd/dvd to your sources.list in the usual way and browse and install to your heart's content. Make sure the cd/dvd is the 1st item in the sources.list file so synaptic finds it before going to the net. It works like a charm and one of the reasons I stay with apt-based distros. Cheers, Paul. </pre> </blockquote> Thanks for this. I tried it out various things, but it ultimately worked using Synaptic. In fact there was a file called aptoncd-metapackages in the repository and by installing this file, it would have (I think) installed all the packages. However, I added a binary version of RealPlayer and it kept on complaining about it, which resulted in me having to install the packages one by one to to speak. By the way, how do you add the cd/dvd to the sources.list. Thanks a lot Arnold <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- ARNOLD PIETERSEN Executive Director Community Education Computer Society Tel: 27 11 834-3329 Fax: 27 11 834-9054 Mobile: 27 83 513-5743 E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za">arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za</a> URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cecs.org.za">www.cecs.org.za</a> ICT Literacy For All !!</pre> </body> </html>