[Lancaster] Re: Debian sound,etc

[Andy Baxter]

I have copies of disks 1 & 2, and I'm downloading disk3 atm. I'll leave them 
at the folly maybe tomorrow or early next week.

Incidentally, if you just need to download a few programs, you don't need the 
whole iso images.

Set up a suitable ftp source in your /etc/apt/sources.list. E.G.:

/etc/apt/sources.list:

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-2 
(20021218)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 
(20021218)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

(Uncomment the 'testing' line if you want to use packages from 'testing')

Then run apt-get update.

Now you can install packages from the ftp archive directly over the modem (I 
used to do this b4 i had broadband, and for a few programs it doesn't take 
too long). Or else run 'apt-get --print-uris install <packagelist>'. This 
will print out a list of package urls that you need to download to install 
that package, which you could run through wget or similar on another machine 
with a broadband or better connection, save the package files to removable 
media (e.g. usb flash drive?) then bring them back, put them 
in /var/cache/apt/archives, and run apt-get again to install them.


On Friday 18 June 2004 10:51, Ken Hough wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a copy of the 2nd Debian Woody CDROM at the
> Folly? I know there is a copy of the 1st one, because I took a copy from
>   it.
>
> Failing that, is there anybody going to the Folly who could bring their
> copy of the 2nd CD along so I could take an ISO via my laptop? Maybe we
> could arrange to meet up perhaps next week.
>
> I don't have broadband access. There's little chance of being able to
> get it in the forseeable future, so downloading CD images isn't on.
>
> Ken Hough
>
>
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Thanks, andy.