My dear brother narendra jii, Namaskar. Very sorry for the late reply. I was too busy on my work that's why i couldn't reply.
This is really a good solution. I was not aware about offline update. I will do it. The place where i will download updates has Windows OS. Just i have few questions regarding this...... You wrote.. " Copy this file to a Pendrive, carry it over to a Internet cafe or another > computer with fast net, dowload wget to your pendrive from > http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/ <http://users.ugent.be/%7Ebpuype/wget/>" -===Here i want to know that shall i go to above website or not. To download packages i have to enter in this website or just i have to do what you have written below ? You wrote---- "> If this is a windows computer Go to START-- RUN-- cmd. On the dos prompt cd > into the Pendrive. Type wget.exe -i name-of-your-file and enter. The Script > will download all packages needed and finish." ========Other question is that i will type wget.exe-i and then file name. or wget.exe-file name. I have to type "i" or not ? with regards suranjan On 8/11/10, Narendra Diwate <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 17:31, suranjan jii > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So i want to download updates in cybercafe who has BSNL modem and >> connection. They are telling me that there wifi is on and i should do >> it via wifi. IP and DNS server no. are there's. I can't use username >> and password. B/c they will not provide. and DNS no. there and it is >> working fine. >> >> Is there any way to do this ? >> > > > If Updates are the only thing that you want to download from this cyber cafe > and you are using the Airtel connection for all your regular usage, then > probably you should look at Offline Update. I have used it and can say that > it is very usefull and easy. If you can update atleast the package database > in your sytem using Airtel, then its is just going to a Internet cafe and > just downloading the updates. > > Go to System -->Admin-->Synaptic PM. Once the root password is given click > on reload and wait for the databases to be updated. This does not need much > bandwidth. > > Once done select "Sections" at the bottom left part of Synaptic. On the top > left you will see "Installed Upgradeable". Select that and a lot of packages > will come into the main Synaptic window. Click there and Select all with > CTRL+A. Right click there and select "Mark for Upgrade". Now Click File > -->Generate Package download script and save the file somewhere. > > Copy this file to a Pendrive, carry it over to a Internet cafe or another > computer with fast net, dowload wget to your pendrive from > http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/ <http://users.ugent.be/%7Ebpuype/wget/>. > > If this is a windows computer Go to START-- RUN-- cmd. On the dos prompt cd > into the Pendrive. Type wget.exe -i name-of-your-file and enter. The Script > will download all packages needed and finish. Now carry this to your > computer, plug in, Open Synaptic, Click File -- Add Downloaded Packages and > select the Pen drive and let the system update. You are done. > > If this is a linux machine, then open terminal and type ./name-of-your-file > and enter. The rest of the process is similar to above. > > This process is very usefull and can also be used to update machines that > are completely offline, with no intrernet at all. This is also usefull when > you have to update many machines that may require the same updates. > > Narendra > -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
