How do i install software offline?Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: How do i install software offline? started by: steve196 Posted by steve196 on April 12 2007,17:38
I want to download additional software, burn it to cd and install it on another computer. How do i do that? How do i find out if all dependencies are met?
Posted by curaga on April 13 2007,16:18
If it's a binary, ldd it. If it's source, google it. It's really like that. Of course some mean developers don't state anywhere on the net what their program needs, but usually in some forum or maybe Debian source package search will show you...
Posted by steve196 on April 14 2007,16:03
I now have Debian woody cds, so if i get apt i can install stuff. Question is: Where do i download apt for dsl (again, for offline installation)
Posted by steve196 on April 14 2007,16:10
Found dpkg in the extensions, but instead of a binary download it gives me unreadable text.
Posted by steve196 on April 14 2007,17:02
Managed to get apt, but it is unwilling to install anything with dependencies, even if the dependencies definitely are on the cds.
Posted by steve196 on April 14 2007,17:30
Synaptic doesn't work either. Stuff i select unselects itself.Any chance to get rpm or aptitude working on that system? Posted by steve196 on April 14 2007,21:59
DSL is too complicated for me. I have now spent a day trying (and failing several different ways) to install software for the most basic functionality (a text editor that neither cuts out umlauts nor introduces line breaks where they shouldn't be). Is there any other distro out there, that works on a computer with 32M RAM?
Posted by curaga on April 15 2007,06:24
Try puppy.....DSL isn't meant to be Debian, so apt may or may not work..... Posted by steve196 on April 15 2007,14:41
I am really dumb. I have woody cds and never thought of installing woody. Now i have it installed. It looks butt ugly compared to dsl and it is a bit slower, but it has most of what i need. Thank you to anyone who replied to this thread. Posted by MobileDev on Sep. 21 2007,20:49
I had a similar problem. The trick is to load gnu-utils.dsl and dsl-dpkg.dsl first. They can be loaded in any order, but I prefer to load them at boot time using a top-level MyDSL directory on my USB hard drive. Then you open a terminal, type "sudo apt-get update", close the terminal, and load Synaptic.unc For some reason, the .uci versions of dsl-dpkg and gnu-utils doesn't work. Don't quote me on this, but I think you have to manually load Synaptic every time to start the computer. You should not, however, have to repeat the "sudo apt-get update" command unless you are connected to the net and wish to install additional programs. A word of caution though, do not try to upgrade or get rid of libraries or programs provided by MyDSL extensions. All extensions are basically read only. The exception is certain programs that accept plugins, like Firefox. With the GTK2 version of Firefox, it is possible to install Flash, but it will run really slow or not at all. Also, about the unreadable text thing, the same thing happened to me. Using Firefox, I right-clicked on the link and chose "Add link to Download Queue" and it downloaded the files successfully. Hope you make the switch back to DSL. It's been great to me so far.
Posted by stupid_idiot on Sep. 22 2007,14:41
Hi Steve:Just keep a few mydsl extensions that you use on a hard drive partition somewhere (or maybe on a usb drive!). When you want to load them, you can open the mydsl panel and click 'Load Local'. Or - this is more convenient:
- When you download an extension using the mydsl panel, you are asked where to save it. You can save it to a hard disk partition (instead of the default '/tmp/'). - You can also D/L extensions using a web browser! Just go < here [main ibiblio.org mirror] >. Also (just a suggestion), you could install DSL to hard disk. This will decrease bootup time and increase DSL's responsiveness. There is more than 1 way to install DSL to hard disk: In DSL, look in the desktop menu. You can choose either 'Frugal Install' or 'Install to Hard Drive'. Q: What is the different between 'Frugal' and 'Install to Hard Drive'? 'Frugal Install': The compressed image '/boot/KNOPPIX' in the DSL ISO is copied as a single file to a HD partition. When DSL boots from HD, 'KNOPPIX' is mounted as a compressed loop ['cloop'] root FS. < Link: What is 'compressed loop'? [wikipedia] > Since 'KNOPPIX' is read-only, changes to system files are simulated in RAM. 'Install to Hard Drive': Contents of 'KNOPPIX' are copied to a HD partition. Changes to system files are written to HD (changes will persist after you reboot). |