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Old 07-29-2008, 03:43 PM   #1
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Ubuntu for debian user


This is a response to "the LQ new member" invitation to type my first message.

I am looking for URIs that spell out what packages are on an Ubuntu disk.

I now use Debian stable (from DVDs) because I do not have access to broadband and online updates are not viable.

Would a switch to Ubuntu solve anything?

Felix
 
Old 07-29-2008, 04:11 PM   #2
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Would a switch to Ubuntu solve anything?
In a word "No" you would still be stuck with no access to updates as they are also delivered online.
 
Old 07-30-2008, 04:55 PM   #3
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In a word "No" you would still be stuck with no access to updates as they are also delivered online.
It is a little more complicated.

Debian (stable) is updated about once every 2 years. Ubuntu issues updates (on disk) every few months. The Ubuntu disks contain selected packages from Debian unstable.

Mixing Debian stable and Debian unstable packages is a can of worms, that I would prefer to not-open.

Felix
 
Old 07-30-2008, 05:52 PM   #4
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Is the reason why you want this list because you want to avoid the 'unstable' packages and make use of the 'stable' ones?
 
Old 07-30-2008, 06:31 PM   #5
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This is a response to "the LQ new member" invitation to type my first message.

I am looking for URIs that spell out what packages are on an Ubuntu disk.

I now use Debian stable (from DVDs) because I do not have access to broadband and online updates are not viable.

Would a switch to Ubuntu solve anything?

Felix
What Problem are you trying to solve? I'm sorry if I've missed it but I don't see a problem statement above. The package manager that came with your Distro should show you all available apps installed and uninstalled. (Synaptics is the package Manager that came with mine)
 
Old 07-31-2008, 05:15 PM   #6
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Is the reason why you want this list because you want to avoid the 'unstable' packages and make use of the 'stable' ones?
I do not want to ruin my current Debian stable OS by adding some "unstable" packages - even if I manage to download them with a 56k modem and learn how to use "pinning".

But I have room on my computer for a second OS (e.g. Ubuntu). It claims to have about 4 Gb of packages on the supplied CD.

With luck, that would give me a chance to look at the recent developments in many of the programmes that I use routinely without breaking what I now have. With even greater luck, I might be able to feed some of the packages on my Debian stable DVDs into the Ubuntu setup.

I hope that this also answers the query posted by john best.

Felix
 
Old 07-31-2008, 05:41 PM   #7
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Ah I see. There's this link:
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+allpackages
 
Old 08-01-2008, 05:12 PM   #8
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Ah I see. There's this link:
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+allpackages
This lists *all* the available Ubuntu packages (17157 source packages). I (was/still am) hoping to find out what compiled packages are on the Ubuntu disk.

Felix
 
Old 08-01-2008, 06:01 PM   #9
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This lists *all* the available Ubuntu packages (17157 source packages). I (was/still am) hoping to find out what compiled packages are on the Ubuntu disk.

Felix
See here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement.
 
Old 08-01-2008, 06:26 PM   #10
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If you boot the liveCD, you can run dpkg -l | grep "^i" to get a list of installed packages. Presumably that would include every package included on the CD/DVD. Or start aptitude and expand the Installed Packages section.

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Old 08-02-2008, 12:53 AM   #11
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I've heard of a thing called apt on cd, its where you download the packages and updates to a cd so that you can install them without downloading anything, if you know someone who has broadband and would let you borrow their connection then it would be worth looking into, plus it would run on either debian or ubuntu
 
Old 08-02-2008, 04:38 PM   #12
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If you boot the **liveCD**, you can run dpkg -l | grep "^i" to get a list of installed packages. Presumably that would include every package included on the CD/DVD. Or start aptitude and expand the Installed Packages section.
This is broadening my horizons!

I have read references to "liveCD". Now I have got the needed push to follow up the references.

Thank you for that advice.

The other new suggestion is somewhat more difficult - since I want to continue to keep good relations with friends who use broadband. Before going down that route, I would need to know what I am size download asking of them.

Felix
 
Old 08-02-2008, 05:53 PM   #13
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The link {BBI}Nexus{BBI} posted leads to your answer, but I can't be specific about it because I don't fully understand how it works. If you follow the link there(on the Seed Management info page) to view the current seeds and then select the variant you're after (likely ubuntu.hardy or kubuntu.hardy), you'll get a directory full of text files which are lists of packages. I don't think any one of these covers all the packages on a given CD though, different combinations of them make up the various Ubuntu CDs like Desktop, Server and Alternate. I couldn't figure out how you know which package lists together make up which CD however...

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Old 08-04-2008, 05:03 PM   #14
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The link {BBI}Nexus{BBI} posted leads to your answer, but I can't be specific about it because I don't fully understand how it works. If you follow the link there(on the Seed Management info page) to view the current seedsand then select the variant you're after (likely ubuntu.hardy or kubuntu.hardy), you'll get a directory full of text files which are lists of packages. I don't think any one of these covers all the packages on a given CD though, different combinations of them make up the various Ubuntu CDs like Desktop, Server and Alternate. I couldn't figure out how you know which package lists together make up which CD however...
I looked up the suggested URL and found what I was looking for (I think); the entries under '/dvd' looked promising.

My thanks to all who posted advice to this thread.

Felix
 
  


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