On Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 13:48:34 (+0000), Darac Marjal wrote: > On 02/12/2023 04:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 10:01:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 01 Dec 2023 at 21:55:42 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > apt install ./myfile.deb > > > That requires you to be online, aka "exposed mode". The OP only > > > exposes a live USB to the outside world, not their "real" system. > > > > > > I dimly recollect something called apt-move, but I never needed > > > to use it. Back in the days of dial-up, when I had a real job, > > > I would upgrade my desk's tower, copy the (uncleaned) archives/ > > > directory onto a Zip drive, take it home and install the .debs > > > onto my home desktop, configured identically, with dpkg. > > In that case, use apt-get instead of apt. That way the downloaded .deb > > files will not be removed afterward. Then you can just sweep 'em up > > from /var/cache/apt/archives, copy them to a stack of floppies, put > > the floppies in a box, tie the box to a trained ferret, send the ferret > > across town.... > > apt-get has the side effect of installing the packages on the > connected system.
Not with the -d option. I think Greg may have suggested apt-get because apt autocleans as a side effect, but that can be prevented with a configuration option, IIRC it's APT::FtpArchive::Clean. Cheers, David.
