Jim March wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> when I tried to start Ruby it told me to apt-get it. Unfortunately, I do not >> have internet for that box. >> > > Michael, the thing about FOSS software is, because it's free nobody > spends a lot of time nicely sticking everything on CD. Not with most > distros anyways and certainly not on a single-CD distro like Ubuntu. > > If you want to load software, you need to temporarily hook it up to the 'net. > > The other option is to go with a multi-CD (or DVD) distro that > includes more stuff in the initial install. Even then, I dunno if > Ruby is going to be there. "Bigger" distros include Fedora last I > checked, and OpenSuse. But again, this still won't eliminate having > to hook it up to get more code. > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > 1) Doesn't Ruby run on Windows? 2) Cant you get the packages on Windows for Ubuntu, and put the packages on the local Ubuntu machine and apt-get locally? 3) Can't you boot the Windows machine to Ubuntu (for example) using a thumb drive and sneaker the needed packages over to the target machine? 4) Cant you put a cheap network card ($10-25 or donation. 10 base T would be fine.) in the Windows machine and bridge/proxy the Ubuntu machine (maybe not with @#$% crippled Windows desktop)? Now the Ubuntu machine has web access. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss