Without some access to a repository you will not be able to obtain packages to install them. If they are available online as updates it is recommended that you install them, especially security updates, at the time they are obtained. Updates are updates for a reason, they either fill in a security flaw or they fix a bug or functionality.
So you have 3 options 1. connect to the net. 2. obtain up to date discs each and every time an update is rolled out (highly impractical) 3. use something like apt-offline. Cheers On 6 May 2017 at 21:31, Albretch Mueller <lbrt...@gmail.com> wrote: > For more than one good reason (among them an unreliable Internet > connection at times or simply not wanting to go online) > > I would like to run apt-get locally (or be able to functionally do > the same using dpkg or whatever). This is what I have in mind: > > 1) use apt-get in simulate mode to know which files I need to install > and in what order > > 2) fetch those files and keep them locally > > 3) install them locally whenever I need to > > Most (all?) people simply go "sudo apt-get" under the assumption that > the back end repositories will be fine etc. > > Yes, I am trying to install stuff when I need it without having to > connect to the Internet > > How do you do this? What would be the pros and cons of doing things this > way? > > lbrtchx > >
