>> The apt-offline man pages conclude with :
>>
>> NOTE: On a freshly installed box, that was installed without
>> the network, the package database is null. In that case, you
>> first need to run apt-offline with just the --update option to
>> ensure that you have a meaningful package database
>>
>> However, if one tries to follow these instructions, this happens:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-offline --update
>>
>> usage: apt-offline [-h] [--verbose] [--simulate] [-v]
>> {set,get,install} ...
>>
>> apt-offline: error: too few arguments
>>
>> The "freshly installed box" (a Beagle Bone Black) does have a seeded
>> /var/lib/apt/lists (with *_Packages, *_Packages.gz, *_Release,
>> *_Release.gpg, and *_Translation-en files).
>>
>
> Ummm... You need to run the --update option along with the 'set'
> command. The final resultant will be:
>
>$ sudo apt-offline set /tmp/set.uris --update
>
>Ritesh Raj SarrafMy point exactly. The man pages say "run apt-offline with just the --update option" when it should say "run 'apt-offline set <path>/firstupdate.sig --update'". One cannot run apt-offline with *just* the --update option. Daniel U. Thibault Protection des systèmes et contremesures (PSC) | Systems Protection & Countermeasures (SPC) Cyber sécurité pour les missions essentielles (CME) | Mission Critical Cyber Security (MCCS) RDDC - Centre de recherches de Valcartier | DRDC - Valcartier Research Centre 2459 route de la Bravoure Québec QC G3J 1X5 CANADA Vox : (418) 844-4000 x4245 Fax : (418) 844-4538 NAC : 918V QSDJ<http://www.travelgis.com/map.asp?addr=918V%20QSDJ> <http://www.travelgis.com/map.asp?addr=918V%20QSDJ> Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada <http://www.valcartier.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/>
