J_K9 @ Linux

HyperGet 0.1 Released!

July 4, 2007 on 2:53 pm | In hyper-get | 2 Comments

It is with great pleasure that I announce the 0.1 release of HyperGet. This is a stable release with limited functionality: it allows users to download packages to be installed on an offline Debian-based computer on an internet-enabled computer using just the Synaptic Package Manager and HyperGet.

This release is a milestone for the HyperGet Development Team, despite being the first. Since the project’s conception over one and a half years ago, HyperGet has been through much trouble - developers disappearing (resulting in the project’s hibernation for more than 10 months), questionable programming implementations and more. However, HyperGet 0.1 has finally been released and may it be one of many! Go grab your share of the pie here.

There are plans to implement features such as updating the offline system using HyperGet through collaboration with the Synaptic team in the near future, so that you can both update your system and install new software using this mechanism. For now, enjoy the ability to install new software easily on offline Debian-based Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu and MEPIS)! A video tutorial is on its way (as well as text tutorials for those on 56K), which will hopefully be followed soon after by other non-HyperGet tutorials on this blog!

Edit: The text and video tutorials, as promised: Using HyperGet