Re: Need help with apt and offline computer

[Andrea Vettorello <molotov@dei.unipd.it>]

Preben Randhol wrote:

> I have tried to follow the description in /usr/doc/apt/offline.text.gz,
> but I cannot get it to work.
>
> What I do:
>
>    I take the status file from my offline computer to my online and then
>    I do what the description says about setting the APT_CONFIG variable
>    and my apt.conf is identical to the one in the doc. I then run
>    apt-get update and apt-get upgrade or apt-get install
>    task-helix-gnome or some other package.
>
>    I take with me the whole disc directory home and unpack it on my
>    computer. Then I do what it says but if I try apt-get .... upgrade it
>    says that it is going to install a lot of files, but when I press y
>    it just stops nothing happens. Other times it wants to download
>    eventhough I have the --no-download. So I always end up doing a lot
>    of dpkg -i -E *, dpkg --pending --configure, dpkg -r ... until all is
>    in place.
>
>    I also try the second aproach where one define where the archive is,
>    but apt-get only says it cannot find the package...
>
> Is there somebody out there who has a working way of using apt-get on
> both machines so that I can get this process less painful?
>
> I'm using Debian testing on both machines now with some packages from
> unstable:
>    gnat
>    gvd (great debugger!!)
>    ligtkada1-{art|dev|gnome|glade|gl}
>
> mainly.
>

I prefer the third approach = )

I think the procedure is well explained in the doc file, so i encourage you to
try. The only advice i can give you is, if apt exit with an error about a
"missing partial directory", create it yourself where you keep the downloaded
packages...


Andrea