+ANA -ANA is not apt-get On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What happened to ANA is not apt-get, that was nice, but anyway, a > commendable thought and a really useful program. If you ask me i think ATR > or software dhukuti would be a good option. > > Cheers > > > On 3/31/08, manish modi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Announcement > > We(me manish,jitendra,suraj) are working for the development of a > > program. > > > > Actually one the common problem here in the Nepal is linux users face > > the difficulty to get the packages of any application with all its > > dependecies because they dont have internet on their PC. > > > > In the absence of packaging tool like apt and yum its really tough to > > get any packages into computer > > Its tedious if somebody opt for going cyber cafe or frens computer & > > download/copy the application along with its all dependencies and recursive > > dependencies too. > > Infact it has become very difficult for one to have the linux without > > internet. > > > > Apart from this updating the packages without internet is very difficult > > but with internet too its really difficult because hundreds of Mbs need to > > be downloaded so unless we have fast internet we enjoy the packages without > > update. > > > > So we guys trying to solve these problems > > > > Overview of our application > > > > We will have machine one like ATM > > > > We will have three outlets from machine > > > > 1. For usb(pen drive,flask disk) > > 2. For CD/DVD > > 3. One for mouse(there wont be keyboard) > > > > We will be maintaining the repository of the linux distribution which > > will be updated their repositories available(gutsy,fiesty,debian) & Free and > > open source softare for windows. > > > > User can search the packages he/she needs & our program will calculate > > all the dependencies(for linux),make repo of all the packages selected and > > allow them to copy it to usb disks(pen drives,flash disks) or cd/dvd. > > > > Now user can copy the repo in their hard disk & there will be install > > script which will modify sources.list file,so that the packages can > > easily be installed from synaptic/apt-get/aptitude whenever needed without > > internet. > > > > We had a dicussion on this last saturday with Subir dai,Basanta > > dai,Ankur,Jwalanta,Shishir,Rajeev,Bibek,Dhruba,Yogesh. > > We are yet to decide the name for this application > > We had few we want you to vote which one will be better > > 1.ATR (Any time repo) > > 2.Software Dhukuti > > 3.EPM Easy Package Manager > > 4.YAP Yet Another Packager > > 5.EPT easy package tool > > > > and if another any name you think is appropriate then you are free to > > suggest > > > > -- > > With Regards > > Manish Modi > > Pulchowk Campus,IOE > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Shishir Jha > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > KTM,NEPAL > > > -- With Regards Manish Modi Pulchowk Campus,IOE [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
