On Wednesday 10 Jun 2009 15:46:20 Chris Bannister wrote: > But doesn't need to be connected to another computer, does it? Cause > then "on a machine with no network connectivity." is not true. > I'm not sure what you meant here. You can be having a machine at home, running Debian, with no network connectivity. But still you'd want to update that box using the power of apt. That's where apt-offline will help. > > Some of the features of apt-offline are: > > - Fetch the list of package updates > > So it can "simulate" an apt-get update, say via a usb stick? The way it works is: * apt-offline set - Generates a signature file on the Debian box. * apt-offline get - Uses the signature file to get the data. This could be a Windows/Linux/Mac box * apt-offline install - Install the data generated in "get". This will contain everything apt needs for the disconnected machine. Please let me know if you meant something different. Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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