Upgrade & Package installation

[Alex Mandel]

Leech Mike (AP/ETC1) wrote:
> I'm resending this as I haven't gotten an answer from the many experts 
> out there.
> 
> 
> I have successfully installed Ubuntu 5.10 and I am happy with what I see 
> so far.
> 
> I would like to upgrade my installation and try some new packages but at 
> the present time my system is not on a network.
> 
> I have the ability to sneaker net using a thumb drive.
> 
> How can I do this?
> 
> Mike
> 
You can add your thumb drive as a repository I think, but you might need 
to pull the header lists too from the top directory and you need to add 
the disk as a repository.
See the CD line in the top of /etc/apt/sources.lst
and check the file system structure of the CD or online repositories.

Alex
PS: I've never tried this but its a start.