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You can use the Ubuntu Live Cd to install packages (i.e. to an older offline Ubuntu computer).

Source.list

If you have a new Live CD and the Live CD in the Source.list file, comment all the repositories excepting the CD and

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

After upgrade, uncomment all the other repositories in the source.list file.

Some computers can ask to use apt-cdrom. If so, follow the instructions that appears bellow.

Apt-cdrom

apt-cdrom can add a new CDROM to APTs sources.list file (list of available repositories). It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system, it cannot be done by hand.

Put the Live CD in the unit and use one of these commands, in this order :

Description and options

Test

After dist-upgrade you can test that everything is OK

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a

See also


CategoryOffline CategoryPackageManagement CategoryHardware

AptCdrom (last edited 2017-08-31 20:59:03 by ckimes)