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[faizan_qaiser]

just help me out
i have a dill up connection and its very slow to download it. some of my friend live in such places where no internet connection is available. so i have to download different software of different kind and then write it on CD's and post it to them. please tell me from where can i find all the software and how can i install them on Ubuntu 8.4.
please help me out

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--Muhammad Shoaib

[Muhammad Shoaib]

i can't understand the question...
If you want offline installation, bin, deb, pkg, or even rpms can work, but not all deb are fully offline installable, there might be some dependencies that need to be installed online...
one site to download deb files, which in my case were almost all offline installable, would be:
http://www.getdeb.net
http://www.getdeb.net/category.php?id=12


Another link that might help you:
http://www.cosp.org.pk/forums/open-source-operating-system/all-*nix-(linuxunix)-linksonline-guidesforums!/
Quote from above link:

[b]Canonical - Ubuntu

Ubuntu Unofficial Guide :- Ubuntu Guide -
Ubuntu Official Guide :- https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/...e/C/index.html
Wiki : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Linux Resources :- Ubuntu Linux Resources
Forum :- Ubuntu Forums
Mailing Lists :- https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/
Community :- Ubuntu Community | Ubuntu
Download Debs:- GetDeb.net
Ubuntu Geek :- Ubuntu Geek
Ubuntu Video :- Ubuntu Video
Ubuntu Clips :- Ubuntu Clips
Ubuntu Screencast: Ubuntu Screencast

Another way could be making an offline Repositories Collection DVD Set:
http://www.google.com.pk/search?q=Ubunt ... positories

But Offline repositories are old, and huge in size, like the first link in the above one contains a 23GB of offline repositories. Its is HIGHLY, VERY HIGHLY recommended to install softwares from online repositories to have security updates, and patches.

If you are looking for a video player, and offline, download deb of vlc, but make sure you have all dependences installed on you system, for that you can run:

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dpkg -l | grep "dependency_name"


where replace dependency_name against which you want to check if its installed or not..

After you have found that the dependency are all there, you can install the vlc deb file by double clicking it, and rest is all self explanatory. There are other methods to install as well, but let that be another day's post. Miro is yet another good player...

Right now i am in office, i will try to give you more precise and direct links later...

PS:
Oh, and Faizan welcome to COSP Forums, but please post in relevant categories... moving post...
plus that poll wasn't needed, was it?
plus you seem quite new to ubuntu, do have a look at that Ubuntu Unofficial guide at http://www.ubuntuguide.org, thats what got me started.
and finally How to install anything in ubuntu: http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/