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Questions tagged [apt-offline]

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Is it safe to manually perform 'apt-get update' 's operation?

I am trying to keep one my Ubuntu systems up-to-date. The intended target is Not Connected to the internet. Am trying to get all the needed info from another machine with internet access. After a bit of study, I found a way to achieve this. Can you…
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rdepends stops on virtual packages

I am working to create an offline repository for a system that does not have internet access. One of the first packages I am downloading for this system is the apt-offline package. I am using the command below and am running into the issue "Can't…
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How to upgrade Debian 10 to Debian 11 without internet?

In the future I have to upgrade several Debian 10 systems to Debian 11. The problem is: The systems have no access to the internet. What options do I have to upgrade the system? After some research, I found apt-offline which seemed to be suitable…
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Generate apt-offline bundle for use across many machines

I'm trying to use apt-offline to install packages on many machines (using ansible), so I need to avoid generating a machine-specific signature file (e.g. sudo apt-offline set debian-update.sig --update). Is this possible?
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Installing a package manually using apt-get

I'm trying to install a deb package offline using apt-get command. From what I understand, I can download a package manually from the internet. Put it in the local repository folder (which is usually /var/cache/apt/archives). Then update the…
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How to create from sources deb packages for different architectures

I have to install a software on some devices with debian package, it isn't available for their architectures on apt for debian (but it is available for other distibutions as e.g. ubuntu), and they aren't powerful enough to compile it on…
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apt upgrade does not see apt-offline packages

I'm trying to update my Ubuntu 18.04 computer that does not have internet connection. However the process is failing when I try to run sudo apt upgrade. I have checked a couple of other links like: sol1, sol2 and sol3. I have set up apt-offline…
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Error when installing GNOME desktop environment on Debian

I was attempting to install virt-manager on my computer. I didn't pay attention and i went ahead with the install. Apparently one of my repositories was down at the time- So almost all of my core packages got removed or marked as not…
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How to install a specific package with dependencies using apt-offline command?

I have installed apt-offline on two machines runing debian jessie, pc1 (online) and pc2 (offline). I am using the following command: sudo apt-key exportall | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --import --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg to fix missing key…
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How to access local repository mirror?

I am trying to access a local apt mirror which is on a usb drive. The file tree on the drive is /apt-mirror /mirror /archive.ubuntu.com /dists /pool /skel /var The drive is /media/truecrypt1, so I added…
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apt-offline apt-get upgrade still trying to connect to online server for upgrade even though packages have been synced already

I have a server which can't go online because of some policy. So I have to update it using apt-offline. So far it has worked for me nicely on other servers, but this one doesn't really. I created the sig file, moved it to an online server I created…
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Create an offline repo of an unbuntu release, Linux Mint 19.2 (not 19.3)

I've been for weeks now tried to rsync all files from local servers close to me so I can create my own local/offline repo for this but as it's larger than 120G(the SSD maxed out) it must be lots of 'crap' in there so this is why I ask. It's Linux…
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How to update Ubuntu without network connection (using only connected Windows machine)

My ubuntu system no longer connects to the internet, I suspect due to lack of updates since I haven't used it for almost two years. However, I now need to use it with internet again, but it fails to connect to both wired and wireless networks (these…
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Install gtk-common-themes on Raspberry Pi Offline

I am trying to install "gtk-common-themes" for Snap offline on a Raspberry Pi 2B. It is imperative the device stays offline. On another Raspberry Pi 3 (online) machine, running the same OS (raspbian buster 10), I used snap download…
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apt-offline get : IndexError: list index out of range

I'm trying to upgrade a computer under Ubuntu 16 without internet from another computer under Ubuntu 18. Under the Ubuntu16 computer I did: $ sudo apt-offline set ~/offline-data.sig Then I switched to my Ubuntu18 with the .sig file and tried using…
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