Comments on: Simple Way to Update Ubuntu Edgy With Slow/No Internet Connection

By: ‘wget -c’ Bug in Download Script Generated by Synaptic in Ubuntu 7.10(Feisty Fawn)

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:04:34 +0000

[...] Ubuntu Edgy Eft was the first version to introduce this feature to Ubuntu users: Those who can’t download large packages on, say, a home machine can just mark the packages to be installed in Synaptic Package Manager and then let it generate a download script. This script can be carried to a machine with good Internet connection and executed there to download all the required files. The download files can then be carried back to the home machine to complete the installation of selected packages through Synaptic Package Manager. I have explained the complete procedure in an earlier post: Simple Way to Update Ubuntu Edgy With Slow/No Internet Connection [...]

By: tabrez

tabrez — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:22 +0000

-c options tells wget to continue/resume the download of partially downloaded packages(in case the downloads were interrupted the first time the script was run and we don’t want the downloads to be started from the beginning). It’s a reported bug in Feisty(Edgy didn’t have this problem) and might get fixed in a future update(immediate fix available here).

A space needs to be present between the ‘-c’ option and the url. Synaptic is generating this in feisty:

wget -chttp://archive.ubuntu.com/….

It should be generated like this:

wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/….

So all you have to do is manually edit the generated file and add those required spaces. Those who know Perl(or such) can write a simple script to automate the process.

By: Elias

Elias — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:58:30 +0000

nevermind i realized that the synaptic scrypt automatically added -c immediately befor the http address making it unintelligible to wget. Why might this be happening?

By: Elias

Elias — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:55:31 +0000

I am trying to do this but i do not understand how to run your command. Im trying to install gramps so my file is gramps.sh (I assumed the .sh ext is important or i would make it gramps).
So step 3 is my problem presumably because i do not understand how scrips work or wget. I opened a terminal cd to my Desktop and ran ’sh# sh gramps.sh’ and got bash: sh#: command not found.

I then tried ’sh gramps.sh’ without any luck

I have tried alot including the wget command from the script

I think i am missing something fundamental about wget. Please explain.
I am using feisty for both comps. Cheers

By: DAMR.NET » [HOWTO] Como Instalar Paquetes de Ubuntu o Debian en Una Computadora Sin Conexion a Internet o con Baja Velocidad de Descarga

Wed, 23 May 2007 03:23:32 +0000

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By: HB10

HB10 — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:35:38 +0000

There is a script to handle an apt-medium at:

http://wiki.debian.org/AptMedium

By: Bomper

Bomper — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:25:25 +0000

For Debian Sarge, Testing, Sid and for all Ubuntu (Brezzy, Dapper, Edgy,.. etc):

1.- apt-get update

2.- apt-get -y –print-uris install gnuplot | egrep ‘http|ftp’ | awk ‘{print $1}’ | tr -d “‘” | sort | tee -a /REMOVABLE/install_deb.txt

* REMOVABLE = USB, Diskette, zip, etc.
* –print-uris install = –print-uris upgrade , –print-uris dist-upgrade, etc

3.A.-WINDOWS:

3.A.1.- Download wget-complete-stable.zip :

ftp://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/wget/windows/wget-complete-stable.zip

3.A.2.- Unzip wget-complete-stable.zip

3.A.3.- wget -i install_deb.txt

3.B.-LINUX:

3.B.1.- wget -i install_deb.txt

By: Every Flavour Beans » Update or Install Applications on Debian/Ubuntu Without an Internet Connection

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:07:40 +0000

[...] Update: There is a simpler way for the Ubuntu 6.10(Edgy Eft) users: Simple Way to Update Ubuntu Edgy With Slow/No Internet Connection [...]