HOW TO ADD DVD

REPOSITORIES IN

UBUNTU

REQUIREMENTS :

All the ISO DVDs of Ubuntu

A DVD Drive

Where to Get The Repository DVDs For the Latest Ubuntu Lucid ( 10.04 ) ?

We can download it from

http://ubunturepo.hnsdc.com/

It can be done in Two Ways:

Using Synaptic Package Manager

Using Commands in the terminal

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What is Synaptic

● a frontend for the apt package managent system.

● It allows you to perform all actions of the command line tool apt-get in a graphical environment.

Synaptic includes

●Installing●Upgrading●Downgrading●Removing

of single packages or even upgrading your whole system.

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Choose

System → Administration → Synaptic Package Manager

Provide The user password when asked for.

From the Synaptic Package Manager's Menu

Choose Settings → Repositories

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Click on the “Add CD-ROM” button under the “Third-Party Software” Tab in the Dialog Box

It will ask for the DVD. Insert it into DVD-Drive and press “OK”

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Now The DVD will be read and loaded within sometime.

After the DVD is loaded, Click On the Apply Button on the Package Manager's Main Window

Now, We can see new packages being listed on the main window

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In the similar way, We have to add all the DVDs and upgrade the repository by clicking “Apply” Button after every DVD Load

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EXAMPLE INSTALLATION

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We can now see how to install the package “ Amarok “ using Synaptic Package Manager.

Amarok is a free software music player for Linux

Single click on the Packages List window

Type in the word “amarok” in the window

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We can see a small text box at the right bottom corner of the Package-List window

The package will also be highlighted on the list

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Choose the package “ Amarok ” , right-click on it

Choose the “ Mark For Installation ” from the Menu that Appears.

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The required packages and all its dependencies packages will be selected

Click on “ OK “ to install those packages.

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Now, The DVD containing the package will be asked. Insert the corresponding DVD into DVD-Drive and click OK.

The packages will be installed from the DVD.

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The Window Will get closed Automatically When the option “ Automatically close after the changes have been successfully applied ” is enabled

We can see the Application “Amarok” in the Applications → Sound & Video → Amarok

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We can also add and update DVD to repositories through terminal

Open terminal from Applications → Accessories → Terminal

Terminal window will appear

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Type in the command

sudo apt-cdrom add

Give User Password

Insert The DVD-Rom in a sequence starting from DVD numbered as 1 and press Enter

The DVD will be read and the repository will be cached from the DVD

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After that task, the terminal will return to the prompt

Type

sudo apt-get update

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In the similar way we can update the repository with all the DVDs by repeating the above commands

We can also install the packages needed using the commands

sudo apt-get install package name

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REMOVING OR

UNINSTALLING A

PACKAGE

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Open Synaptic Package Manager

Type in the Application name in the list window

For Example , we can see how to uninstall a game named “gbrainy”

Gbrainy – a Maths Game

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Now We can see the “gbrainy” game is highlighted

Right click on it and choose either “ Mark For Removal “

or “Mark For Complete Removal “

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Mark For Removal

removes the application only and not its dependencies

Mark For Complete Removal

removes both the application and its dependencies

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Click on “Apply” after selecting

Either

“ Mark for Removal “

Or

“ Mark for Complete Removal “

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We can also remove or un-install a package through commands

sudo apt-get remove package name

Removes packages alone and not its dependencies

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sudo apt-get auto-remove package name

Removes both packages and all its dependencies

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THANK YOU

By

N.Nandhakumarnandhakumar.n87@gmail.com