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2024-10-31 06:30:11 +01:00
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title: 'Installing Packages without Internet Access '
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Sometimes you need to install an extra package (or a hundred). If the machine is has access to the internet, then a simple `sudo apt-get install <package_name>` is all that is needed. However, it is not so simple when the machine doesn't have internet access. Here is a method for transferring the required package files with a USB drive.
get initial package list: \
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e.g. `python3-numpy_1.24.2-1_amd64.deb` => `python3-numpy_1.24.2-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb`
Here, the addition of +deb12u1 is indicating that the package is for Debian Linux version 12, update 1.
Be sure to run: \
`$sudo apt-get --no-download --fix-missing --fix-broken install` \
after each successful use of `dpkg -i ` so that the force-installed packages get registered by the apt package manager.