I have two laptops. I was delighted to see the arrival of AptonCD! I created a cd loaded with the Aptitude-installed programs from one laptop. Then I did the "restore" downloading all of the programs to a folder called "/var/cache/apt/archives" I changed directory to this directory and did dpkg -i *.deb .... it seemed to work but I did get an error message at the end:
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kwlan: Conflicts: dhcdbd but 2.0-2ubuntu3 is to be installed
Conflicts: network-manager but 0.6.4-6ubuntu7 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
daka@daka-HP:~$
When I created the cd there was an option to "auto select dependencies" Does anyone know whether this is a good option to select (I did tick it). Maybe it has something to do with the dependency problem?
1) any suggestions on how to solve the dependency conflicts outlined above?
2) is this the right way to "restore" a set of programs from one laptop to another?
3) Is it a good idea to "auto select dependencies" when creating the cd .... seems correct but I am no expert here?
Thanks
Apt on CD
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Husse
apt on CD
I guess it does make sense if it is not intended for that purpose, i.e. if Apt on CD is only intended for re-installing on the original computer, and not for installing a "snapshot" of one's system on a another computer... Are you sure of this or should I maybe check it out with someone else?
Daka
Daka
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Husse
I haven't tried it but it is basically to restore your computer
But try with no packages. You will be able to use apt-get and as it is only two packages that fails try to fetch them with normal apt-get (Synaptic)
But try
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sudo apt-get -f install