pain in the butt

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:13 PM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando
<ubuntu at bugabundo.net> wrote:
> Olá jude e a todos.
>
> On Wednesday 17 September 2008 14:27:29 jude ui wrote:
>> I have treid and used , reinstalled ubuntu many times , I find it a pain to
>> install software *WITHOUT THE INTERNET *- so I'm currently using debian

Nothing wrong with Debian :)

>> because it has over* 21* cds with a HUGE software respitory.

Is the Ubuntu DVD sufficient?

This should have several cds worth of software and is perhaps more
convenient than shuffling cds. (assuming you have a DVD drive)

see e.g.: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/release/

>> And yes I've tried to  install debian packages on ubuntu - the whole
>> toolchain is messed up  and I can't install certian software (I need)
>> because dependencies are incompatable.

Installing Debian packages on Ubuntu is *not* recommended.

>> Is there sombody that can create a software respertory on CD's for
>> people without internet.
>>
>> (How am I on now? - I'm using public computers)
>
> I'm redirecting this email to Ubuntu Users, that is the correct list to help you out with this.
> For installing offline your best bets are to use:
> APTonCD - http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/ - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/APTonCD
> APTZip
>
> From Synaptic you can also generate the download links for the packages you want to install, and then import them to your system again.
> Good luck with that.

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia