How do I add an offline encyclopedia to an Edubuntu LiveCD?

Solution 1:

Take a look at the CDPedia project from PyAr (Python User group Argentina). Is a project to use the wikipedia offline from a CD/USB pendrive:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDPedia

http://code.google.com/p/cdpedia/

Solution 2:

Adding an encyclopedia to a live CD is no different from any other live CD customization. It might even be easier than a lot of customization jobs, since it likely doesn't require upgrading or installing Ubuntu packages.

This guide in the Ubuntu community documentation wiki explains in detail how to create a customized live CD, including adding files and installing applications.

That guide is somewhat dated; while it still works, you'll see references therein to some pretty old Ubuntu versions. Furthermore, there are now some other options for customizing a live CD. So I recommend also consulting this question, here on Ask Ubuntu (and its answers):

• How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD?

Thus, my answer is essentially to say: Just make a custom live CD .iso image with the encyclopedia files on it.