Apt-offline claims to be a utility that allows you to install packages on Debian without internet connection. It can be downloaded from the git repository.
As with many free software, the problem is that it's undocumented and that you have build it yourself. In the git repository I've linked to, there's a information file INSTALL
:
# Execute the file using the python interpreter
# Assuming python.exe is in your path
# To build
C:\> python setup.py build
# To install
C:\> python setup.py install
I've ran build and then install. I could've seen some parse errors spit out by Python. I hope these don't matter. Anyway, I just ended up with a few more folders and few more files without extension (why do some people omit extensions all the time?).
So my question here is just how to build and install the utility properly - given it's possible. (and this question suggests it might be possible)
why do some people omit extensions all the time?
- Because they are not required or needed on Linux. – Zoredache Jun 19 '14 at 23:12apt-offline
orapt-offline-gui
? if everything is working, you should be able to cd into that directory, and execute either withpython apt-offline-gui
. or you can copy it to your path as your linked thread suggested. – Frank Thomas Jun 20 '14 at 2:08