Re: Can you install programs without apt packages?
On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 19:09, Scott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am fairly new to the Linux world and am going through all of the
> documentation and installation info for Debian 3.0.
>
> I will have a system that is going to be offline and probably never
> connected to the internet. Am I going to be able to choose source files and
> tarballs, etc. to compile on this system offline, or am I going to be
> screwed on updating since I will not have an internet connection on it for a
> while?
You can compile anything you like, though without a net connection you
will obviously be limited to things you can get from other sources. For
Debian packages, you can use apt with a local repository or a set of
CDs.
> Just curious, as I don't see this in the docs or forums. I see everyone
> loving apt-get and Gentoo's portage, but that is not going to work on my
> current setup. In the future, yes, but I don't know how long it will be.
If you have a bare package file (foo*.deb) you can install it directly
with dpkg, though you may have to spend time tracking down dependencies
and acquiring the relevant packages.
You can use alien to convert a tarball or rpm into a Debian pacakge
(results NOT guaranteed!), or you can compile from source and install in
/usr/local (to avoid conflicts with packages).
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