Hi, On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Jason Heeris <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to install about 1GB worth of packages on a computer with a > slow net connection (this is immediately after a clean Squeeze > install). Someone told me about apt-zip, so I gave it a go. apt-zip worked for me sometime ago, but now there is a new replacement:
http://packages.debian.org/apt-offline > > The trouble was, I was at home and the computer I wanted to install on > wasn't. So I created a virtual machine, did a clean install of > Squeeze, and ran "apt-zip-list -p `cat packages.txt` -m apt-packages > --skip-mount" to get the script in a directory "apt-packages". I then > copied this directory to the host, ran the fetch script and burnt the > resulting packages to a DVD. ("packages.txt" contains many packages, > so I won't post it here unless it's vital.) > > Now I've copied the "apt-packages" dir from the DVD (including all the > debs and the apt-zip.options file) to the /root dir on the computer I > actually want to do this on. I ran "apt-zip-inst -p `cat packages.txt` > -m apt-packages --skip-mount", answer "Y" to the apt-get prompt and... > apt-get starts trying to download a bunch of packages from my local > mirror! Okay, so I try "ifdown eth0". Now I get a lot of "Failed to > fetch http://....."; for all the packages, followed by "E: Unable to > fetch some archives...". > > I'm no beginner to Debian, but I'm stumped here. I've never used > apt-zip before, but shouldn't it work without a net connection? Yes apt-zip works without any connetion. I remember (don't sure): Run apt-zip (with I don't remember options) in host with low connection and get an archive with all package names you need and I don't known if anymore. Then run apt-zip (again I don't remember options) in a computer with more bandwith, so this generate another file. The last step is running again apt-zip in the host with the recently generated file. > > In the meantime, I might try to create a local repository if I can get > the tools onto the machine in question. I would try apt-offline instead. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
