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[GernotFrisch]

Hi,

I need to get some packages installed. Mailny GCC and stuff.
Can I download them and install them from SD card?

 

[mindlord]

Hi,

I need to get some packages installed. Mailny GCC and stuff.
Can I download them and install them from SD card?

Happens all the time, give it about an hour and try again.

 

[Prometheus]

@mindlord - check the subtitle.

@KungPhoo - It should be possible. Heck, one of SomeGuy99's guides depends on doing that, even. Take a look here - packages can be downloaded and then run on the Pandora by double-clicking them. If there are dependencies, I *think* you have to install them first, though (don't quote me on this, though - I haven't had any need to manually download packages in any Linux distribution I've ever used).

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that might go wrong with this approach.

 

[mindlord]

meh.. Given the choice you'd probably want to go the USB_Ether route. The Angstrom Repo is a hodge-podge of packages for several different architectures and it's a pain to sort it all out by hand. There are even duplicate packages with different names in there. It's far easier to let the opkg database sort it out for you.

 

[Spirit]

I do that. Mirrored most of http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/unstable/ipk/glibc/armv7a/ to my SD card. You need to be running a http server (lighttpd works super well) for it though, opkg will not manage to resolve dependencies if you point it to a local path.

edit: don't forget unstable/ipk/glibc/all

 

[skeezix]

Spirit -- mirroring the whole Angstrom repo to SD is genius

jeff

 

[CPUnltd]

I believe in mirroring too! I have done so with every distro I have ever got my hands on. First came up with it when I experienced extended internet downtime and a crashed Linux box simultaneously... was just a matter of figuring out how to add a local repo to the package installer tool in question for each distro. Which has yet to be a real pain of any sort... so far...

 

[Spirit]

Yeah, it is definitely worth the space if you have 16/32GB and want to explore the options. Mine is just about 2.5GB as I removed big packages I would never install anyways (like wesnoth, I got the PND of that).

I just wish the Debian Armel repo was smaller. It is about 20GB I think. =)