Thanks for the help. I will try this and will provide feedback. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arpan Patelia wrote: >> Hello friends, >> >> Last week-end I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my friend's computer and it >> works very well. However he doesn't have internet connection and >> probably will not have it for at least couple of months, and he would >> like to be able to play songs and movies in Ubuntu. >> >> Is there any specific package(.deb file) like gstreamer codecs I can >> download using my connection and then install it on his computer? I do >> not want him to go through dependency issues. >> >> Kindly help. >> >> Thank you >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > Hi, > If you have a working internet connection, then you can download and > install it on your computer. After you install the packages, they are > cached in the folder /var/cache/apt/archives. Now you need to install > AptOnCD. Open AptOnCD from System>Administration. > Now click on Create, it will search all the packages on your system and > list them down. Check the size of all the packages shown below which > shows up as Selected **/** MB. > Then click on "Burn". It will ask you whether you want to to create a > CD or DVD, you have checked the size, if size is more than 700MB, go for > DVD and click on Apply. The iso will be created and stored in your home > directory. > Now you need to burn that ISO to a CD/DVD and take it to your friend's > computer. Put it inside the drive, a popup will come saying "An > unofficial repository has been detected". Then click on "Start Package > Manager". All the packages will be imported. > Now click on Origin, you would see AptonCD/main , AptonCD/universe etc. > If you want to install all the packages contained in the CD, then search > for a package named aptoncd-metapackage. > Now click on Apply and then its all done. > > Enjoy! > > Regards, > Manish > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
