Updating and installing packages without an internet connection

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:49:41 -0800,
  suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The only machines with an internet connection I have access to, are at the
> university. However since all of them run Ubuntu, doing an rpm query on the
> new package is not feasible. Any suggestions?

I use rsync to mirror the parts I want at work (since I run Fedora there)
and then I bring home the new stuff (using find and sha1sums to find new
stuff) on a usb drive. Even if you use Ubuntu at the office you should
be able to mirror stuff there.