It's okay. I was reading it via email and not in the groups. Besides, I jumped in in mid thread. My bad. No harm done. However, I believe that Synaptic is a front end for apt (SynAPTic) and apt itself uses dpkg or even rpm (via apt-rpm). Check their website or Wikipedia if you don't believe me. Now look who's being picky. :)
He should follow your instructions, but taken on its own his message was confusing and my correction re: Synaptic was to his post about 6 DVDs of Ubuntu which does not make sense (since Ubuntu does not come on DVDs and therefore he could not mean Ubuntu) and not your reply. Roy On 5 July 2010 15:08, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry to be picky, Roy, but Synaptic is just a front-end for dpkg or Gdebi, > and he was pretty clear that he added 6 DVDs to Synaptic so he could install > applications from them. There was little left up to interpretation. The > DVDs are acceptable respositories; he was asking for a better way to handle > using the DVDs as the repository (rather than his current "insert disc 1 > then 4 then 2 then 1 then 5 then 2 then 4 then 3 then 5" routine). > > The comand I sent will generate a list of files and their locations on the > DVDs. He can then place the files in /var/cache/apt/archives, and Synatptic > will install the program(s) without prompting you for a disc, becasuse the > latest version is already staged on disc. > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am not sure what you mean by six DVDs of Ubuntu since Ubuntu comes >> on CD and not DVD. Are these perhaps DVDs of debs and not installation >> DVDs in which case they are not Ubuntu but Ubuntu debs. Sorry if this >> sounds picky, but it is confusing as written. >> >> If they are just debs on DVD then Synaptic is no help since you won't >> be using Synaptic to do the installing but dpkg or Gdebi. You can >> browse the DVD with a file manager and find the individual debs and >> install by clicking on it or better still search for it using the >> search feature of Nautilus. Clicking the deb will launch Gdebi and >> offer to install it. If you have lots to install then you might be >> able to make a script to do it using dpkg, but that would mean having >> a disk catalogue in in a text file. Apt-get and Synaptic are not the >> tools for installing debs. >> >> Roy >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
