Installing packages from a live CD/DVD

bubblez · 09-17-2009, 06:33 AM

Heya.
I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to install packages from a live CD/DVD. I have a live dvd that their are alot of apps I want off it, I would download them my self but I have very limited bandwidth. I have read about how to repackage the packages but I'm guessing this would be very time consuming picking through whats what. Any other options? Thanks

brianL · 09-17-2009, 06:55 AM

You're running Ubuntu, but what distro is the live CD/DVD? If it's Debian based, I should think you could use packages off it.

bubblez · 09-17-2009, 07:02 AM

The live DVD is ArtistX 0.7, which is built off Ubuntu 8.10 so yes I can use the packages, but I dont know how to install the packages from the DVD to my computer. I knwo how to repackage them, well I have a page bookmarked with instrustions, but I'm not going to know what packages are dependent on others. Hope I am making sense.

repo · 09-17-2009, 07:04 AM

Browse the CD/DVD and see if there are deb files.
In general they are located in the pool directory

To install
dpkg -i /mount/CD/pool/foo.deb

However, make sure you don't mix distributions and/or releases.

Good luck