Comments on: Create your own mobile Ubuntu repository with APTonCD

By: Mozgoed

Mozgoed — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:09:44 +0000

My portable programm can make Ubuntu repository mirror, calculate total downloading size, remove old packages from repository.
Picture:
http://mozgoed-mgoy.narod.ru/ubuntu/screen.jpg
Programm link:
http://mozgoed-mgoy.narod.ru/ubuntu/ubuntu-repository.zip
Required:
Windows 2000, Windows XP – .Net Framework 2.0
Windows Vista, Windows 7 – Nothing
Ubuntu 10.10 – Mono project packages. Programm can be executed from terminal “mono ubuntu-repository.exe”
Let’s work with visual tools! =)

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:12:02 +0000

A friend would like to take this one step further and install the freshly made dvd onto a new computer which at present is running Windows 7, as a dual boot system. How would she go about this please?

By: Harm

Harm — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:23:12 +0000

I do have the same problem as Jay

By: Zen Joshi

Zen Joshi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:52 +0000

What is an apt-cacher??

I have used apt-on cd and it creates a cd.

Now do I copy it (all files from apt-on cd iso )to /var/www/html and hope that it acts as a repo?

Anyone tried it before? Please check if this works or not.

reprerpo is another tool, but lil complex. Probably wastes b/w.

By: JedMeister

JedMeister — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:31:24 +0000

@Zen Joshi – you could setup an apt-cacher server and then import all your packages into that then add the apt-cacher as a repo on other machines (better still leave sources.list and create a proxy file). If you google you will find it. Lots of good info on ubuntu forums

By: jay

jay — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:16:49 +0000

I am running Kubuntu 9.04 (a fresh reinstall after a problematic 9.10 upgrade).
I installed APTonCD without errors. There is no menu item for it, but it does open
from a terminal. However, it finds NO packages. Nothing.

By: nick shin

nick shin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:46:04 +0000

from:
http://groups.google.com/group/debian.www/browse_thread/thread/d162434814075342?pli=1

You could try

dpkg –get-selection > selection

and

dpkg –set-selection < selection

afterward, but dependency problems loom…

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By: MiniMe

MiniMe — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:53:54 +0000

You could also mount the .iso, copy it’s content (i.e. the packages) to the USB stick and install them directly from the stick…

By: Zen Joshi

Zen Joshi — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:55:08 +0000

I want to set up a local intranet repository for Debian Lenny.

I have got 5 dvd containing around 25000 binaries and instead of users doing apt-get installing software from debian repos over net, I want them to use the local network for doing it.

By this, a hugh bandwidth and money will be saved.

PS – I have visited all probable places where I thought I would get the right info, but its not working somehow.

Can someone help?

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By: thecommutist

thecommutist — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:28:46 +0000

Well, you can copy the iso file generated by aptoncd onto usb drive and then mount the iso off the usb drive as and when needed.

By: Earl

Earl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:16:17 +0000

remastersys will make your installation into a live and installable DVD.

Earl

By: David Sugar

David Sugar — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:45:08 +0000

It would also be nice to create a snapshot local repo archive on a network (or http) accessible volume this way, then one could snapshot a system with it’s current packages, and install or update a similar system quickly simply by having the snapshot repo in the sources.list of the target machine(s). I suppose one could copy the cd to a http server and then run dpkg-scanpackages to help accomplish something like this, but thats why I would love to see a “directory” option added along with cd and dvd choices.

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By: Jagan

Jagan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:20:55 +0000

If there is a program like APTOnUSB like program will be more useful, i feel USB is best mobile medium to carry the contents. Nowadays many of my friends are migrating to Ubuntu.. So it is very useful for us to install all required packages using USB.

By: Abe

Abe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:52:03 +0000

But on Kubuntu 9.04 KDE 4.3.1 worked very nicely and successfully created an ISO file.
This is very help and beneficial tool. What would be nice is to enhance it to create a complete boot-able CD to install a copy of one desktop on another. The ideal setup for an enterprise is to be able to boot a computer off a server using PXE and install from ISO file. Is there such procedure or tool?

By: Abe

Abe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:24:59 +0000

I tried APTonCD on Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 A5 and failed miserably. It starts scanning packages but crashes without any feedback why.

By: thecommutist

thecommutist — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:23 +0000

Thanks for this really informative post!