How to backup Packages !

Hey
Can any 1 tell me how to take backup of updates and packages that I Installed so that I can re-install if any mess happens ? Also how to create a .deb file please tell me

Regards

Errr..AptOnCD ? or manually copy stuff from /var/cache/apt/ !

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AptonCD,
Manual Copy,
DD command
Timevault ?
Theres a few more I think.

Ok now what abt .deb

Also I installed my frnd Ubuntu via Chip DVD [1thing what's there in DVD nothing just a CD nothing else.] also whenever he tried to install anything via apt he is prompted to insert the CD

Why

But this message did not come when I installed via Ubuntu or Digit media

Dark Star said:
Ok now what abt .deb Also I installed my frnd Ubuntu via Chip DVD [1thing what's there in DVD nothing just a CD nothing else.] also whenever he tried to install anything via apt he is prompted to insert the CD Why

cos that softy is present on that cd.See you can add cd\dvd to synaptic as well,and then it will see wheteher the software you have asked to install is present on any of the cd\dvd you have added and if not then downloads the softy.

its like first local var cache folder,theen cd\dvd, and then finally internet.

This is how it works IMO.

^just that the cd/dvd repository line is added in ur /etc/apt/sources.list .if u remove the cd/dvd line and do a apt-get update,it will not ask.

for backup's there is already rsync.and regarding creating deb packages means you have to make the source code "debianised" ie,having installation paths,docs(readme's etc) etc well defined.then u may be successful.also,the "newbiedoc" or debian admin guide that can be apt-get install or available online will help.and not to forget,it needs patience and some amount of knowledge in programming.

edit found a cool tool :
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Thanks. I too wanted to know.
will have a look at it later.

A doubt: If one package is dependant on another, and I have both in a single folder(.deb files) then will double clicking one make ubuntu to install its dependancy thats located in the same folder?

^NO!

praka123 said:
^NO!

Fug it.... When can we ever get a clean methord to get rid of dependency hell? Offline?

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Fug it.... When can we ever get a clean methord to get rid of dependency hell? Offline

Well if you have both on your system you could run a command to install both the files at one go if thats what you need. I think the command was sudo dpkg -i *.deb ? I might be wrong with the command. It is given in the Packages Offline thread.

well,FYI,even a deb can be installed without satisfying its dependencies

praka123 said:
^NO!

It can be done yaar..If you try to install package A that depends on package B, then if both A and B are in the same directory there would be no issues as B would be automatically be installed.

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It can be done yaar..If you try to install package A that depends on package B, then if both A and B are in the same directory there would be no issues as B would be automatically be installed.

It can be done yes. But not by double clicking one deb file that is in a folder.

^^such simple implementable features still not here. Waiting for Hardy.

I added the repo. but that Cd error is still there :X darn it

^^
In the Repositories section in synaptic uncheck the cd

^^ arey I know naa but error still thre

well @shashwath what error does it says? when the line(s):

Code:

 deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/ gutsy main restricted

is removed and then run sudo apt-get update ,there is no way that the cd error message be shown via apt.

That fixes the erro for now. >Also I install Adobe player but still its is not loading flash files in Web Browser .. when I installed Gnash it loads few files but not all

any idea how to fix that >> I installed Adobe Flash nearly 10 times but same it did not load anything of flash :X

download flash.zip from adobe site.extract "libflashplayer.so" into ur /home/user/Desktop.now open a terminal and do below commands and try:

Code:

sudo mv ~/Desktop/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/

now restart firefox or mozilla based browsers and in address bar,type:
"about

lugins" to verify that latest plugin is installed

I tried installing Ubuntu in my frnd PC and ended up in this error via Liv CD even Text based install didn't worked.. How to solve it.. He has 845 Board
etc/gdm | failsage Xserver:line 47: :[:too many arguments warning could not retrieve edid because edid is not installed]

praka123 said:
download flash.zip from adobe site.extract "libflashplayer.so" into ur /home/user/Desktop.now open a terminal and do below commands and try:

Code:

sudo mv ~/Desktop/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/

now restart firefox or mozilla based browsers and in address bar,type:
"aboutlugins" to verify that latest plugin is installed

Tussi gr8 ho paaji . Simple gr8

^make sure read-edid installed!

Dark Star said:
Hey
Can any 1 tell me how to take backup of updates and packages that I Installed so that I can re-install if any mess happens ? Also how to create a .deb file please tell me

Regards

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=579696&postcount=19

praka123 said:
^make sure read-edid installed!

But I didn't got that error using same Cd and how to over come this error ? there isn't any other messsage how to read edid ?

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install read-edid

now,

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf

^select "medium"

Code:

 sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorgbacked

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

^select options acc to urdisplay hardware get ur monitor detected.else enter the horizontal and vertical freq manually.
also,post the section "device" from ur /etc/X11/xorg.conf here.

^^Err how can I that in a system where Ive to do fresh install

btw I as successful in bootin through Live Cd but the installation hanged at 82% [configuring apt scanning from mirror]