How to install edubuntu applications in ubuntu 10.04 in a offline computer using edubuntu dvd?

Not certain if it works with the "Wubi feature", but usually one can open Synaptic (package manager)
Edit -> add CD

I can add the CD in synaptic package manager. But it's not my
question. How install using this disc?

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#CD-ROM/DVD

Still the answer is unrelated to the question....

For using Edubuntu environment just install: edubuntu-desktop
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How%20do%20I%20install%20multiple%20distros?

Since DVD setup isn't supported by Wubi, single Edubuntu packages can be provided from Synaptic.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#DVD%20and%20Alternate%20ISO

If you'd like to install Edubuntu as a separate distribution you could create a separate partition for it.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

Hi :)

I think the answer that involves the least amount of downloading is to first "migrate the Wubi onto it's own partition". See part 8 of section 8 in this guide
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
Then that will allow you to use the Edubuntu Cd as another "repository" so that you don't need to download stuff from the online repos.

This will make your Ubuntu much more stable and may even iron out a few glitches. The problem with running Ubuntu inside Windows is that the Wubi is really only meant as a short-term demo version of Ubuntu. Instead of being solidly grounded on rock-solid linux foundations the Wubi depends on Windows systems working well and co-operating with this rival OS. Not something that MicroSquish is renowned for! The Wubi is like building a house on shifting sands.

Once you move it to a proper ext3 partition rather than ntfs and give it it's own partition rather than being tucked away inside Windows' then you remove any chance of being affected by any stray random little virus or insecurity of Windows. If you can start using a boot-loader that is not within Windows then you find the boot-process is much less vulnerable to quirkiness from Windows.

Please let us know how this goes or ask us if there are any things you are slightly edgy about. We can hopefully help you through this
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Thanks for answering to this question..
Although I am not satisfied fully, I am marking it as Solved.

It's my future request:
Try to release Edubuntu to use as both addon CD and a Full installer CD!

Thanks for answering to this question..
Although I am not satisfied fully, I am marking it as Solved.

It's my future request:
Try to release Edubuntu to use as both addon CD and a Full installer CD!

Hi :)

It does work as an AddOn Cd. The only reason that you can't use it is because you don't take the advice of everyone in here and move the Wubi onto it's own partition. I realise that it is not easy but we can help you with this.

Since you have the Edubuntu Cd the easiest answer would be to try to use it as a LiveCd
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

It would probably be better to use a 10.04 Cd and the fastest way to get those is buying them from the Cannonical Shop
http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=17
This gives you 5 Cds for the same price that most people charge for just 1 Cd so it gives you 4 that you could sell on to other people at some point in the next 2 years (3years support would leave your "customers" with 1 years full support if you sold them in 2 years time)

From a LiveCd session it would help us to help you migrate the Wubi if you could give us the output of this command

sudo fdisk -l

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi again :)

If you have access to another machine then you can use a rewritable Cd or usb-stick or something to get updates and new packages. The other machine does not need to be a linux machine. This technique is designed to work on Windows machines that have broadband access, such as library or cyber-cafes.

Step 1 is to use Synaptic Package Manager to select the required packages. On a limited dial-up or wireless connection you could also click on "Mark all updates" but do NOT click on "Apply"

Step 2 go to File - "Generate package download script" save this to a usb-stick or rewritable Cd

Step 3 take the rewritable Cd or usb-stick to a machine with broadband access and double click on the script. At this point all the packages and dependecies get saved to the folder where the script is located. So it might e a little more complicated if you are using rewriteable Cd rather than usb-stick.

As an alternative to steps 3&4 you could email a firned (or yourself) so that they can save the attached script and run it from inside a folder which will then get filled with all the packages you selected (and their dependencies).

Note that first time i tried this i put the script on the desktop and while the downloading was very fast i ended up having to take ages to drag all the packages off the desktop. Second time i made a new folder on the desktop, dragged the script into it and then double-clicked the script while it was in that folder. A lot less messy 2nd time!

When you get the Cd or usb-stick back to your machine then open Synaptic again and go back to the file menu and choose "Add downloaded packages"

Ok, so you have at least 3 ways of sorting this out now :)
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Tom, Thank you very much.

I installed the package apt-offline through snaptic package manager.

I followed the steps you told and I am very happy now.
I installed both Edubuntu and Kubuntu.

Once again thank you very much for taking time to solve my problem.

Hi :)

Lol, it sounds as though you found another way of doing this! You say you just need to install "apt-offline"? I didn't even know there was a package called that! So it would just be something like

sudo apt-get install apt-offline

Did this just install 2 packages or did it need a lot of python stuff as dependencies on your system? It sounds as though this could help me in another question
Thanks, congrats and regards from
Tom :)

Yes, It just installs two packages only. (size is in KB). I installed
it with in two minutes by using slow GPRS connection.

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Superb :))

Then you were able to use the Edubuntu Cd as an AddOn Cd even still using the Wubi? At the moment i have 3 or 4 people that wont/can't move the Wubi onto it's own partition. I think the guide got edited a little while ago and now it looks very complicated. I want to see if it can be made easier to understand but there is another page that worries me more. I don't really understand the Wubi much myself either which doesn't help!
Regards from
Tom :)

No, still Edubuntu 10.04 CD is not act Addon cd. But, there is no need
to download 2.3 GB of Edubuntu.. I downloaded only 430 MB(approx.) to
install both Edubuntu and Kubuntu by following the above steps.
I am not able to move Ubuntu installation to separate partition
because I already installed Windows XP at 1st partition and Win 7 at
last partition all other partitions are filled with data in 500 GB
HDD.

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Ahh, i see. Thanks for letting me know.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)