Thanks Guys, I will have to remember that apt-zip as I'm found a bit of a more
permanent solution.
Buy old 3G HD, find out old 33k non-winmodem, install in machine near phone line,
with Debian on the new hard drive, slow and nasty... oh well.
Then I can either apt-zip away, or possibly temporarily Ethernet across the backyard
to my room (I live in the garage, hence no phone, hence no net). I just thought I'd
ask if anyone had a bunch of the packages lying around already on cd or in their
apt-cache (or whatever it is)....
>>> Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 22/11/00 17:50:01 >>>
James Wilkinson wrote:
>
> This one time, at band camp, Steven downing said:
>
> Try apt-zip
Hmmm... I haven't seen this before.
>From debian.org, about the apt-zip package:
"These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a
non-networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies.
One generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and
lftp, in a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better
connectivity, check space constraints of your removable media, and then
install the package on your Debian box."
Looks like they're assuming that the connected box is *nix. Steven's is
'doze. Doh!
Matthew
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