[wellylug] ubuntu help....

[Cliff Pratt]

Brent Wood wrote:
> --- David Antliff <david.antliff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jonathan Harker wrote:
>>> Jonathan Harker wrote:
>>>> but of course, without net access you'll need to grab at least
>>>> these packages:
>>>> 
>>>> emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common emacsen-common xaw3dg
>>>> 
>>> Actually, these should be on the CD...?
>> I'm pretty sure they are which is why this entire discussion is
>> confusing me.
> 
> 
> They may well be.... the installed package mangler returned a blank
> when I tried to search for emacs. I assumed therefore that they were
> not. (This is Kubuntu, I don't know if that makes any difference?)
> 
> 
>> Is this thread really just the same as asking "how do I install
>> stuff in Ubuntu?"
> 
> Not really. It's just "How do I install emacs on Ubuntu", but any
> relevant advice is appreciated.
> 
> A few minutes on the Ubuntu site basically gave almost nothing I
> found useful. But lots of sales speak....
> 
>> I feel the requirements haven't been specified properly...
> 
> Hmmmm.... "H o w  d o  I  i n s t a l l  e m a c s  o n  U b u n t u
> o n  a s y s t e m  w i t h  n o  i n t e r n e t  a c c e s s ?"
> 
> How do you suggest I rephrase this to be clearer? Perhaps:
> 
> I have a Pentium III computer running Ubuntu 6.06. It does not have
> internet access. The installed package manager returns no files when
> I search for emacs. I tried to find a .deb repository to locate the
> appropriate files but failed to find any. Can anyone help me find the
> necessary files and suggest how to install them if they believe it is
> necessary?
> 
> 
> Sigh.....  my thanks to Andrej & Jonathan & those who seemed to feel
> the question needed no additional verbiage wrapped around it, and
> who, between them,  provided a relevant, complete and useful answer.
> 
Use the package manager. It's called Synaptic. Open Synaptic, select 
Edit, Add CD Rom and try the search again. It's on the CD Rom.

Though why anyone would want to slow down a computer by loading emacs, 
I'm not sure. The name even means "Emacs Makes A Computer Slower".

Cheers,

Cliff