Preben Randhol wrote:
> I have tried to follow the description in /usr/doc/apt/offline.text.gz,
> but I cannot get it to work.
>
> What I do:
>
> I take the status file from my offline computer to my online and then
> I do what the description says about setting the APT_CONFIG variable
> and my apt.conf is identical to the one in the doc. I then run
> apt-get update and apt-get upgrade or apt-get install
> task-helix-gnome or some other package.
>
> I take with me the whole disc directory home and unpack it on my
> computer. Then I do what it says but if I try apt-get .... upgrade it
> says that it is going to install a lot of files, but when I press y
> it just stops nothing happens. Other times it wants to download
> eventhough I have the --no-download. So I always end up doing a lot
> of dpkg -i -E *, dpkg --pending --configure, dpkg -r ... until all is
> in place.
>
> I also try the second aproach where one define where the archive is,
> but apt-get only says it cannot find the package...
>
> Is there somebody out there who has a working way of using apt-get on
> both machines so that I can get this process less painful?
>
> I'm using Debian testing on both machines now with some packages from
> unstable:
> gnat
> gvd (great debugger!!)
> ligtkada1-{art|dev|gnome|glade|gl}
>
> mainly.
>
I prefer the third approach = )
I think the procedure is well explained in the doc file, so i encourage you to
try. The only advice i can give you is, if apt exit with an error about a
"missing partial directory", create it yourself where you keep the downloaded
packages...
Andrea
