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hi .. i waz wondering .. is it possible to get the packages from a usb distro .. if its possible plz teach me ... thnx a mill theREX...
  1. 04-26-2009 #1
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    Help plz

    hi .. i waz wondering .. is it possible to get the packages from a usb distro .. if its possible plz teach me ...
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    Welcome to the forums!

    It's probably possible, but can you describe a little better exactly what it is that you are wanting to do?
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    thanx..

    i have a distro called Backtrack in my usb .. n there some very useful applications in that distro .. but i dont want to use that distro just the aplications... frens told me that searching for those packages in the net could be the only way .. but thats too tedious .. isnt there a way to extract packages from the usb distro ??
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    Generally speaking, it's best to install and use packages that were compiled for the specific distribution that you intend to use. If you can tell us what distribution it is that you want to run, and what packages you are looking for, someone might be able to direct you to a good source for packages that were compiled for that particular distro. Otherwise, you could try compiling the packages you need from source and installing that way, although it would be a slower and more tedious process.
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    i'm currently using ubuntu 9.04 .. n theres a long list of applications .. what do you mean compiling packages form the source ?? are there no ways to extract packages from compressed usb distros?
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    16000+ packages are avialable in Ubuntu sources and I am sure that most of applications that you require are available in default sources of Ubuntu.

    Search packages here.
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    thanx for the url ... Ubuntu does hav A LOT of packages..
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    Glad to help you. If you couldn't find any package, just post back here only.
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    There is no need to post rubbish here. You can post url as text only.
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