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If you where asked to setup linux at new computer , what will be your steps to do that , and how can you install programs needed without internet ?

How to make stable linux with all needed packages ? Note a big problem is mobile broadband connection , how you will handle that

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Date Posted: 2014/03/03
Muhammad Anzar
by Muhammad Anzar , DevOps/DevSecOps Architect , Confidential

Install the package from DVD with the help of rpm or yum. If you are using yum, configure DVD as repository.

Faisal Khan
by Faisal Khan , Test Engineer , Juniper Networks

Hello hesham, Can you please clarify what is the problem with your mobile broadband connection?. If you want you can you directly install linux from CD/USB and then let YUM update itself. Actually YUM is a great way to simplfy lots of problem encountered during installation of linux . YUM (updater module), allows you to add/install pacakages on demand and then you can install them as per your need. I would prefer to prepare a YUM repository and then add all required pacakages, finally install all of them. Or when ever you get internet anytime.just execute these commands in sequence.

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgradesudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then begin the upgrade process:

sudo apt-get install update-manager-coresudo do-release-upgrade

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