Hi, Thanks guys ! Yes, this page[1] describes it all. Still I think there is a need to integrate/polish things up, a GUI interface may be, using pygtk ??
[1] http://www.planetoss.com/detail.php?id=13 --Dennis On 10/30/08, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Dennis Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I need to install the current stable debian on my machine. The problem >> is that I don't have internet access to that machine, but I have >> another non-*nix facility where I can download cd images. Can I find >> which all cd images have the all the software I want [ a fixed list ] >> with dependencies met fully. > > > Hi, > > you can try this option. > 1. copy all the iso images of the Debian CDs to your harddisk. > 2. mount all the images using loop option in mount > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-iso-image-under-linux.html > 3. configure your apt-config to point to the directories of the each cd. > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html (see > Sectoin 2.4) > 4. then you can use apt-get to install application. > 5. the after getting everything write automation script to do all the above > in bash :) > > > Though it takes too much of disk space, thats the better way i found to > avoid dependency problem especially when you dont have internet. > > Bye, > Krishna. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
