SuperDeb Creator

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SuperDeb Creator is a program that creates SuperDebs that can be installed offline, shared on CDs, DVDs, etc... Their main goal not only to provide an easy-to-use installer to users that don't have an internet connection, but also to provide an easy way to share software in a de-centralized way, reducing dependency on online software repositories.

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  • Can create a SuperDeb for Debian 5.0.7, Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 (alpha 1 or above)
  • Can create SuperDebs for 32 bits and 64 bits systems
  • SuperDeb Creator is known to run on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 (alpha 1) and should work on most Debian-based systems
  • SuperDebs created for "Ubuntu version X" will also work on "Super OS version X"
  • Once the download/packing process starts, do not interrupt it or your /tmp folder might be messed-up (fixed with a reboot)

Planned/desired features

  • Add support for more distros, like Ubuntu 8.04, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc...
  • Add a feature that would allow SuperDeb Creator to work with ANY Debian-based distro that uses APT/dpkg
  • Add support to create a SuperDeb from a folder of .deb files
  • Add support to multi-architecture SuperDebs (a SuperDeb would include both the x86 AND x86_64 .deb files)
  • Port SuperDeb Creator to Microsoft Windows - The hardest part is to be able to run APT/apt-get on windows, or we could use an alternative implementation of APT like the future CLI version of Keryx (any more ideas?)
  • Ability to create "Service Packs": a collection of updates released for a distro
  • Ability to install a SuperDeb using only the command line
  • Ability to add a repository or ppa (to create a SuperDeb from packages in that repository).

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