[SOLVED] Has anyone tried the Ubuntu DVD ?

Aquarius_Girl · 09-15-2010, 01:47 AM

Ubuntu CD doesn't contain most of the required softwares. They have to be downloaded from the net.

I was thinking of installing from the DVD when I saw the following quote on this page:

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Don't be confused, even though DVDs can hold far more data than the typical Ubuntu CD, the main benefit of the DVD downloads is to get access to all of the available language packs.

I am not sure whether the DVD contains all the softwares or not ? since the focus is on language packs !!

For trying this out, I'll have to download the DVD iso, can someone throw some light on this one !

jmszr · 09-15-2010, 02:40 AM

anishakaul,

The DVD from Ubuntu does not contain the repositories. You can download the repositories for 10.04 here: http://ubunturepo.hnsdc.com/lucid/. Eight DVD .iso files are there with a total size of around 30GB.

Aquarius_Girl · 09-15-2010, 02:45 AM

Many thanks to you for the useful information

Now do I have to download all the 8 ISO's on that link ?????
I wanted to have just the basic softwares like "gcc, g++, gdb, emacs, chm, vlc player, pdf reader"...etc

basheer · 09-15-2010, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

Now do I have to download all the 8 ISO's on that link ?????
I wanted to have just the basic softwares like "gcc, g++, gdb, emacs, chm, vlc player, pdf reader"...etc

Why don't you just use apt-get, or better synaptic package manager to install the packages you have mentioned. It will save you a lot of time than downloading all the isos.

Aquarius_Girl · 09-15-2010, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by basheer

Why don't you just use apt-get, or better synaptic package manager to install the packages you have mentioned. It will save you a lot of time than downloading all the isos.

I had mentioned this in my first post that they have to be downloaded from the net which I don't want, that's why I wanted the DVD !

jmszr · 09-15-2010, 03:12 AM

anishakaul,

Perhaps you could use APTonCD: http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/ or Keryx: http://keryxproject.org/ to make your own repository with just the packages that you need.

Aquarius_Girl · 09-15-2010, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jmszr

anishakaul,

Perhaps you could use APTonCD: http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/ or Keryx: http://keryxproject.org/ to make your own repository. Then you can download just the packages that you need.

Many thanks for the nice links again, I will study them in detail and see how to make a repository !

Thanks again !