Debian/Ubuntu dselect question

[d.e.d.]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 14:45 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:

> Anyway, the bottom line here is that dpkg just can't install packages over 
> the network.  I've accepted that and moved on with my life.

Lonnie,
Came in on the thread late and might have missed some of it no
doubt...but is apt-zip something that might help you out here?

<dan at grub:~>
zsh 922 % apt-cache show apt-zip
Package: apt-zip
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate at debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.15
Depends: apt (>= 0.3.10)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-zip/apt-zip_0.15_all.deb
Size: 17932
MD5sum: 47104830a8df3e7ebedcd07ef45c4412
SHA1: ae8f89e5898ee87fe56f45f2404a6284ba6fa6f3
SHA256: fad9a440adeb7edba808d6459fe03a9d5e4ed41ca8ff156c49aaee6d1ce98d35
Description: Update a non-networked computer using apt and removable
media
 These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a
 non-networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies and
 USB keys.
 One generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and
 lftp, in a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better
 connectivity, check space constraints of your removable media, and
 then install the package on your Debian box.

Regards,
Dan