Ubuntu without Internet Connection or Full package CD/DVDs

For those of you who neither have internet connection in your PC nor have CD/DVD package repositories:

 

Go to your friend’s or someone’s home where they have installed such packages. The packages will be in the folder “/var/cache/apt/archives”. Copy it to a pen-drive, whose name is say “Roshan”. This removable media will be mounted in the drive “/media/Roshan”. You can check their paths when you open it for browsing by clicking on the “location” icon.

 

 

 

Now, give this command in the terminal of your friend’s system:

“ sudo cp -R /var/cache/apt/archives /media/Roshan ”

Wait for it to copy. It will take a lot of time. Preferably, don’t run a lot of other applications. To check whether it is copying or not, you can check whether the disk(your pendrive) free space is decreasing or not. Once the shell prompt is returned in the terminal, it means that the copy is complete.

 

In your home, give these commands in the terminal:

“ cd /media/Roshan/archives ”

“ sudo cp -R * /var/cache/apt/archives ”

Now, if you want to install all the packages your friend has, give this command:

“ sudo dpkg -i * ”

However, if you want to install just selected packages(not have enough space in your system or something like that), give this command:

“ sudo apt-get update ”

Then, go to Synaptic Package Manager and install the packages you want.