Re: Can you install programs without apt packages?
On Tuesday 31 December 2002 10:09 am, Scott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am fairly new to the Linux world and am going through all of the
> documentation and installation info for Debian 3.0.
>
> I will have a system that is going to be offline and probably never
> connected to the internet. Am I going to be able to choose source files
> and tarballs, etc. to compile on this system offline, or am I going to be
> screwed on updating since I will not have an internet connection on it for
> a while?
>
> Just curious, as I don't see this in the docs or forums. I see everyone
> loving apt-get and Gentoo's portage, but that is not going to work on my
> current setup. In the future, yes, but I don't know how long it will be.
>
> Scott
You can get all the Debian packages on 7 cd's or 1 DVD. APT works with
these, (apt-cdrom add). There may be some new gotta have app that isn't
available from Debian, but Debin woody is 7 cd's of packages, or a 4.5g DVD.
I believe that some of the cd vendors who offer Debian also do testing &
unstable versions.
--
Greg Madden
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