APTonCD

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APTonCD
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Developer(s) Laudeci Oliveira (aka Pretto) [1]
Stable release
0.1-1
Repository
Written in Python
Operating system Debian, Ubuntu
Type Backup software (specialized)
License GNU GPL Version 2
Website aptoncd.sourceforge.net

APTonCD is a tool that can back up software packages (.deb files) downloaded via Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) or aptitude, creating a repository that can be used to install those packages on other computers without Internet access. APTonCD gathers the collected packages into a single ISO image. A third-party optical disc authoring tool can subsequently write the ISO image to a disc.

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Limitations

Since APTonCD just copies the deb files on the cache, it will not save files that are downloaded when the .deb packages are installed, this causes packages like "ubuntu-restricted-extras" or the Flash plugin to fail when installing them on a computer with no internet access.

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References

  1. "APTonCD".