Howto: Download packages and dependencies for offline installation
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 02:06.
From my perspective, offline installation is the weakest spot in the Linux superstructure. I understand the shared libraries concept, and I think it’s a marvelous thing, but it doesn’t erase the fact that if you’re not in a position for at least intermittent Internet access, it’s a dealbreaker.
Dependencies are almost impossible to track, and are usually scattered. The more complex a program is, the more dependencies it will have. Furthermore, those dependencies will probably have dependencies, and those have to be macromanaged too, if you can’t rely on aptitude to handle it for you.
In this solution, the idea is to create a web page that links to the Ubuntu Package Search pages.


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