Kubuntu 8.10 update?

[UgO]

I currently need Linux for work purposes and have been using the live disk feature up until now but it is a slep to have to boot from the dvd and lose everything after shutdown

Then i tried installing Kubuntu 8.10 on my 4 GB flash that i got lying around and it worked fine up until the part that i have to install updates (eg. g++ compiler for c++). I would have done it the old fashion way of using the internet to update but i have got Neotel and for some strange reason it absolutely refuses to work.

But when on the "live" version i could update with the common

"sudo apt-get install g++"

so i tracked the install files down on the dvd.

Now i want to know where do i copy the .deb files to update with the sudo apt-get install comand?

Is it possible to do it straight from the dvd or do i have to copy the files over?

 

[milomak]

a deb file can be installed as a root user using sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file/name.deb

 

[dabbler]

If I need to do a reinstall for some or other reason I first copy all the files in '/var/cache/apt/archives' onto CD/DVD/flashdrive and when I then later reinstall I copy these files back to '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial' which is where downloaded *.deb' files get saved (cached?) before install. Makes for a much quicker re-install (no/much less internet downloading required).

I'm using Kubuntu 9.04 of course (Debian).

 

[UgO]

Thanks allot i got i working