ubuntu being based on debian, perhaps there is a way to get
most of the packages from a CD or DVD? Something like adding
a CD source to your /etc/apt/sources.list?
If I remember clearly, you can put the CD in the CD drive and
give the command
apt-cdrom
this will put an entry like:
deb cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6 (20020718)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
in your sources.list (the above is a debian example but shows
the syntax of the entry)
OCLUG has some ubuntu CDs - if that method will work I can give
you one. It is a single CD (as opposed to the Debian releases
which were more comprehensive and filled many CDs).
When I had a dial-up connection, I ordered Linux CD's (full Debian
releases with sources) from ComputerHelperGuy (Proof Positive
Productions). Not sure if he's still into that or if he would
do it for Ubuntu.
bjb
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:53:28PM -0500, Charles MacDonald wrote:
> I have recently started to configure a new laptop with Kubuntu 8.10
>
> I have been going slow, asking for a coupple of packeges a day, and it
> seems to keep trying to get them for me from ca.archve.ubuntu.com/
>
> The only problem is that it has been downloading at a rate of about
> 2kbs. this afternoon I started to get a 80 meg combination (asking for
> one packge alutomaticaly pulls in in a lot of dependancies.) which is
> still only about 1/3 of the way through. and three packages so far
> showed as "error", I don't know if it will ignore them or try later.
>
> IS there a way to get it to try more than one archive site? How? am I
> misisng somthing?
>
> At this rate it will take mea month or more to get my wife's new
> computer into service.
>
> --
> Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario
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