Comments on Building DVD Images Of Ubuntu Repositories

If you need the unofficial builds of DVD repositories, you can visit ftp://tuma.vlsm.org/Ubuntu_contrib/Edgy or ftp://tuma.vlsm.org/Ubuntu_contrib/Dapper. The Jigdo files are provided too.

Thanks for the links.

I will add a new point on my howto with your links.

It could usefull for the ones who can not have space on hd or time to build the isos.

Thanks again.

:) 

Hello !!

I want to ask you Iang  if you have another link, because I can´t open that links.

Thank´s a lot...
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Sorry, I changed the directory structure. The new URL is ftp://kambing.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository In that link, you can find the DVD ISOs for many versions of Ubuntu and not-so-regularly-updated extra repositories (update, security, and backports) as well. PS: You need to use FTP to download big file PS2: tuma.ui.edu now is just an alias for kambing.ui.edu. I changed the domain name also :)

Maybe, as in the past, those isos are a simple rebuild of desktop and server together (...sort of 'all-in-one') image version with more packages (above all, for full localization purpose) in it.

BTW, thank for the note. I'll check'em out... 

I noticed that Kubuntu Beta just released has a link to DVD iso files, could not find similar link for Ubuntu, and did not look at Xubuntu yet. Not sure what is on the DVD, just extra packages, all install versions (alternative,server,desktop) or whatever else. Just wanted to point that out, I hope they make this a regular thing in the future. Also, thanks for the walkthrough, I don't need to use this info at the moment but may in the future.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/ could be useful.

I guess use popularity contest for put most popular packages to first DVD:

 wget --output-document - http://popcon.ubuntu.com/all-popcon-results.txt.gz | zcat \
 | ruby -ne '/(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+\d+\s+(\d+)/ =~ $_; puts "#{$2.to_i+ $3.to_i} #{$1}"' \
 | sort -nr | cut -d' ' -f2  > ~/ubuntu_popularity_list.txt

$ debpartial ....  --include-from=~/ubuntu_popularity_list.txt .......

Before making ISO images it may usefull to check files in pool with this utility:

http://sashnov.fanstvo.com/apt_repository_check.py

 Usage:

~/bin/apt_repository_check.py  ubuntu-dvd/ubuntu0

It check for file presense, sile size and md5sum (optionnaly).

There is a bug in the debcopy part: if you want to use symlinks, the -l must be put AFTER debcopy and not before.

The original howto can be found at http://cargol.net/~ramon/ubuntu-dvd-en.html

Sorry!

Thanks for noting that. I correct the command right now ;)

Use APTonCD.  Simple, easy to use GUI based. 

It can create DVDs (or CD sets) of complete repositories and also will let you create local repositories of all packages you have already installed, for use on the same machine or another off-line. 

Greetings;

Just a note that a similar and somewhat more detailed version of this tutorial exists over at the Ubuntu Forums.

CORRECTION:
An important difference is that this version states the necessity to prepare for five (5) DVDs, and not three (3). It also shows how to make CD-Rs if that is the only alternative. You may wish to update this tutorial.

It details how to use the local files as repositories right off the hard drive.

There's an F.A.Q., a welcome addition, that covers how to create CDs for other important repositories such as Medibuntu and Canonical Commercial.

Also covered is how to change version (Dapper, Edgy, Feisty, etc.) as well as available versions such as i386, amd64, and so on.

Feel free to drop by and compare notes. All comments and suggestions are welcome.

Link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=352460 

If I may add this second correction:

The tutorial says: 

--dist - the distro of your OS (dapper, edgy, sarge, ... ).

Suggested text:

--dist - the distro of your OS (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy or hardy)

My new portable programm for Windows/Linux can download repository components, calculate total loading size and remove old packages from existing repository.

Ubuntu-repository programm: http://mozgoed-mgoy.narod.ru/ubuntu/ubuntu-repository.zip

Required:

Windows 2000, Windows XP - .Net Framework 2.0

Windows Vista, Windows 7 - Nothing

Ubuntu 10.10 - Mono project installed. It can be executed from terminal "mono ubuntu-repository.exe"Welcome to Visual tools for Linux.

.Net by Mozgoed

You can download the latest version of Ubuntu-repository programm from page http://mozgoed-mgoy.narod.ru/?mod=page&page=7 .

Has anyone considered an update on this?  Debpartial is no longer in the repository, so step  4 and subsequent are no longer valid.