[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu repositories

[rodemire tarazone]

Thanks a lot Nashvin, that's exactly what i needed.

Regards,
Rodemire 

On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 12:52 +0200, Nashvin Gangaram wrote:
> Hi Rodemire
> 
> I use an offline repository as given here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Offline/Repository
> 
> You can use synaptic to generate a package download script, and
> download the packages from an uncapped bandwidth location, but install
> them from your offline repository...
> 
> - Nashvin
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:40 PM, rodemire tarazone
> <rodemire.tarazone at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Good day,
>         
>         At the last Ubuntu release party i got a copy of the repos and
>         i could
>         access them from my hard drive, which saved me a whole lot of
>         bandwidth.
>         Unfortunately, as time went on i had to update my install but
>         i was
>         still low on bandwidth on my home computer so i never got the
>         chance
>         to.
>         
>         I have access to an uncapped data network at my workplace, and
>         i was
>         thinking: If its possible to copy the repos to my hard
>         drive,is it
>         possible to copy/download a part of the repos (which will have
>         updates
>         etc) from the internet and then add them on to my hard drive
>         so i can
>         update my install?
>         
>         PS: I tried accessing the internet through a virtual machine
>         of Ubuntu
>         but access was denied, so i couldnt use APTonCD to update.
>         
>         Regards,
>         
>         Rodemire
>         
>         
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