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<title>Using APT Offline</title>
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<author>Jason Gunthorpe <email>jgg@debian.org</email></author>
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-<version>$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.1 1999/02/15 06:38:03 jgg Exp $</version>
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+<version>$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.2 2000/02/13 07:20:47 jgg Exp $</version>
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<abstract>
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This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment,
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-specificaly a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades.
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+specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades.
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</abstract>
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<copyright>
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@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ connection but they are physically distant.
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<p>
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The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a
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SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian
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-archive but can easially fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
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+archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
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is to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch
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them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is
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even Possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely
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different OS and a download tool like wget.
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<p>
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-This is achived by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
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+This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
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essential premis to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note
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that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file
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names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat.
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@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ disc:
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State "/disc/";
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State::status "status";
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- // Binary caches will be stored localy
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+ // Binary caches will be stored locally
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Cache::archives "/disc/archives/";
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// Location of the source list.
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@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the packages.
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<sect>Operation
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<p>
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-Unlike the previous techinque no special configuration files are required. We
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-mearly use the standard APT commands to generate the file list.
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+Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are required. We
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+merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list.
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<example>
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# apt-get dist-upgrade
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