offapt: Download packages for offline Ubuntu/Debian systems

[ChaiTan3]

We all know how difficult it is to install software on offline Ubuntu/Debian computers. It can be done using aptoncd, but it also requires that the online computer have Ubuntu/Debian. There are cases where the only way to download software is through Windows. When I started using linux this was the case and had to hunt down each dependency manually.

So I created offapt, it implements certain features of apt like downloading and parsing index files, resolving dependencies and a downloader for Windows and other systems.

The basic idea is to fetch info about the offline Ubuntu/Debian computer, copy it to the online machine and then download packages using offapt.

This is my first software release so it may be buggy.

Usage:
http://code.google.com/p/offapt/wiki/offaptUsage

Download offapt for Windows:
http://offapt.googlecode.com/files/offapt-0.1.1.zip

Source code:
http://offapt.googlecode.com/files/offapt-0.1.1-src.zip

Project Hompage:
http://code.google.com/p/offapt/

[bbalegere]

Please this post
http://agnipulse.com/2009/02/carry-l...apps-pendrive/

It might help you.

[ChaiTan3]

Originally Posted by bbalegere

Please this post
http://agnipulse.com/2009/02/carry-l...apps-pendrive/

It might help you.

That's helpful only if the online computer has ubuntu on it, if it has only windows then you cant use the method you've mentioned.