update ubuntu 7.10 with no internet


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is there a way i can download all the lastest updates for ubuntu 7.10, onto my flash drive, and then use that to update my laptop with ubuntu 7.10? and is there a way to force compiz on my laptop, i know i have the video card for it, but with no internet sort out the drivers for this laptop, im trying to read as much as i can.

LAPTOP: Toshiba TE2000

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It seems that Ubuntu (via the package manager GUI, synaptic) allows you to select what you want to install and create a script you can bring to another machine with the desired internet connection. (link)

However, "updating" is quite a bit more complex, because the scope is all installed packages, and apt will check the versions in the repositories versus what is installed. So, any "offline" update will litereally have to ask for updates on every single app. If this machine is offline and not connected to a network, I don't really see the need to update at all, unless there is a specific app that has an identified bug that is fixed in a new version (and in that case, it would just be back to one package).

I don't use compiz, so I can't be specific about that one.

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