Ubuntu Customization Kit

How to copy the .deb package files which have already been installed on my system to the LiveCD system?

Asked by Rigved Rakshit

I want to create a LiveCD from my existing system (Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64). So, I want to add the same packages to the LiveCD which I already have installed on my system.

But the UCK Package Manager (Synaptic) downloads these packages again, instead of just copying and installing from my /var/cache/apt/archives folder.

Is there some way to just copy and install packages from my /var/cache/apt/archives folder instead of separately downloading these packages every time I create a new LiveCD?

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Wolf Geldmacher (wolf-womaro) said : 		#1

UCK creates/maintains a directory $REMASTER_HOME/remaster-apt-cache (~/tmp/remaster-apt-cache by default) for use
as apt cache.

You should be able to create a symbolic link to your existing apt cache, i.e.
        ln -s /var/cache/apt ~/tmp/remaster-apt-cache
and use that instead.

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