[Solved] Confused as the where to download .deb packages

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

I am going to be upgrading a customer from XP to 9.04 on Monday. He has dial up, so I wanted to download .deb packages for him in advance.

The final three I have yet to find are
1) Firefox 3.5.2
2) Thunderbird 2.0.0.23
3) Google Picasa

Anyone know where I can download these from?

Many thanks,
-T

[jakeyboy]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

Don't know about the other two, but here ya go for Picasa -> http://picasa.google.co.uk/linux/

[arochester]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

To get the first two use the script called Ubuntuzilla. Get it through here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...itle=Main_Page

Download the script. Right click on it.Install with Gdebi. Then run:

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox
ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p thunderbird

For Picasa add the Google Repository. Instructions here: http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ubuntu704.html

[josefko]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

2) thunderbird 2.0.0.23+something is in repository

[ToddAndMargo]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

Okay. I should have stated that this computer is Cent OS 5.3. I need to download these three .deb's to a CD to bring to my customer's site. I have to have something I can go to with Firefox or wget and save to my hard drive (then k3b).

[arochester]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

Not going to work... CentOS is based on Red Hat so .rpm instead of .deb

You might burn the apps but what about any dependancies?

[Rog131]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

> Ubuntu Packages Search

This site provides you with information about all the packages available in the Ubuntu Package archive.

... and links to the source and the .deb package download.

[ToddAndMargo]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

> Ubuntu Packages Search

This site provides you with information about all the packages available in the Ubuntu Package archive.

... and links to the source and the .deb package download.

Ooooops. Did not realize that was a link. Thank you. Got Firefox and Thunderbird. Got Open Office from their web site. That leaves Picasa. Not having much luck there.

Thank you!

-T

[ToddAndMargo]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

Not going to work... CentOS is based on Red Hat so .rpm instead of .deb

You might burn the apps but what about any dependancies?

You are correct. Big problem. I am hoping the the Apt installer will go out over the modem and do that. Dial-up really sucks in this age.

Thank you,
-T

[ToddAndMargo]

Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

For Picasa add the Google Repository. Instructions here: http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ubuntu704.html

Going to http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ directly does not seem to work:
Not Found The requested URL /linux/deb/ was not found on this server.
Tried https and ftp too. No joy.

Do you know of a method to get past this and directly download the package?

-T

[ToddAndMargo]

[Solved] Re: Confused as the where to downlaod .deb packages

For Picasa add the Google Repository. Instructions here: http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ubuntu704.html

Going to http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ directly does not seem to work:
Not Found The requested URL /linux/deb/ was not found on this server.
Tried https and ftp too. No joy.

Do you know of a method to get past this and directly download the package?

-T

Never mind. Found it: http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html

Thanks to everybody who helped me on this! This is my first customer on Kubuntu and my first workstation customer on Linux (other than my two). This is going to be a fun project.

-T