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| This page will describe how to make a cd which contains packages you have downloaded on one machine using apt or synaptic. The cd will be a repository that you can easily use on another machine using synaptic or apt-cdrom. For example, I will show how to make a cd which contains all the security updates that has been downloaded. Except for adding new apt PGP keys, the user of the cd will not need to use the command-line to use it. = Step one Install the apt-move package = Apt-move is a tool for creating a debian package repository file structure out of packages that have been downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives. Installed packages are downloded there by apt for installation. Apt-move will create this local repository in /mirrors/debian, by default. {{{ sudo apt-get install apt-move }}} (Or just use synaptic) You need to enable the universe repository. See AddingRepositoriesHowto I change the setting in /etc/apt-move.conf from {{{ COPYONLY=no }}} to {{{ COPYONLY=yes }}} So that apt-move doesn't delete file from your /var/cache/apt/archives/. = Step two Select the packages you want to put on the cd = In this example, we only want to put freshly downloaded packages. We don't want to put old packages or packages that exist in Ubuntu CD. First, we clean up the /var/cache/apt/archives from old packages. {{{ sudo apt-get autoclean }}} Next, we delete packages that exists in the Ubuntu CD. Put your Ubuntu CD on CD-ROM Drive then run the following: {{{ for f in `find /media/cdrom/pool/ -name '*.deb' -printf %f\\n` do if [ -f /var/cache/apt/archives/$f ]; then sudo rm -v /var/cache/apt/archives/$f fi done }}} = Step three Run apt move to create the archive structure = Make sure you have enough disk space first. Because /mirrors/debian is root owned we must become root to make the steps easier. {{{ sudo -s }}} All the following command run as root. First we clean-up previous mirrors (if exists) then we run apt-move. {{{ rm -rf /mirrors/debian apt-move -d breezy update }}} Because ubuntu repository structure, not all packages are inserted into the Packages.gz file by apt-move. We must remake Packages.gz with the help of apt-ftparchive. {{{ cd /mirrors/debian apt-ftparchive packages pool/main/ \ | gzip -9c > dists/breezy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz apt-ftparchive packages pool/restricted/ \ | gzip -9c > dists/breezy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz }}} We must also remake Release file, to do this we must make an apt configuration file named ~/myapt.conf it contents is like this {{{ APT::FTPArchive::Release { Origin "APT-Move"; Label "APT-Move"; Suite "breezy"; Codename "breezy"; Architectures "i386"; Components "main restricted"; Description "Ubuntu Updates CD"; }; }}} Next, run the following commands: {{{ rm dists/breezy/Release apt-ftparchive release dists/breezy/ > Release mv Release dists/breezy/Release }}} Then we need to make Release.gpg, to make it you must already have your [[GPGKey]] set and ready to sign. {{{ gpg -bao dists/breezy/Release.gpg dists/breezy/Release }}} Next, we delete unwanted .apt-move directory {{{ rm -rf .apt-move }}} You can identify the cd by making a .disk directory and making an info file in it. {{{ mkdir .disk echo Ubuntu-Updates `date +%Y-%m-%d` > .disk/info }}} Then we need to put our public keys in it. {{{ gpg --export -a "Zakaria" > public.key }}} Thats' all {{{ exit }}} = Step four Burn the cd = Copy the contents of what is contained in /mirrors/debian to a cd. For example you could make an iso by following command: {{{ mkisofs -r -A "Ubuntu Updates `date +%Y%m%d`" -o ubuntu-updates.iso \ /mirrors/debian }}} Before you could use the CD, you need to add our GPG key to apt GPG keys. {{{ mount /cdrom apt-key add /cdrom/public.key umount /cdrom }}} On a non-networked ubuntu machine, you can run synaptic, insert the cd and go into Synaptic -> Edit -> Add Cdrom and it will add the contents of the cd to your repositories. You can also do it from the command-line with {{{ sudo apt-cdrom add }}} CategoryDocumentation |
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