Fwd: How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

[Narendra Sisodiya]

I recently created a offline installer..  debbundle.. 

I got a bug in it..

Let me explain the process..

See code -> 

http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/source/browse/trunk/OneClickInstall_Deb_Creator?spec=svn10&r=10

To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not installing it.)

mkdir -p vim-gtk
mkdir -p vim-gtk/partial
sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=./vim-gtk install --download-only vim-gtk

sudo rm vim-gtk/lock

Now I am copying this folder and another system which do not have Internet..

so on system 2, I am running following commands..

cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk

sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=/media/usbdrive/vim-gtk install vim-gtk

This is not installing vim-gtk on second system which is just freshly installed.

Initially when I created this project few days back, I was using same machine as build-server and install-test server. SO i was not getting this error//

Source of Error : basically, a freshly installed system do not have -- sudo apt-get update

If I run sudo apt-get update command then I command will work..

So basically, on a freshly installed system one has to apply "sudo apt-get install update" in order to install some package. How I can bypass this because my second machine do not have Internet.

Let me know if anybody want any more clarity.

PS: I am forwarding this to OSCOntrib mailing list so that people can create something similar for yum..
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[Sharad Birmiwal]

What I understand from your explanation is that the second machine
without internet might have an older snapshot of the repository. Thus,
when it tries to install vim-gtk, it's looking for an older version of
vim-gtk and corresponding dependencies? But you had a fresh
installation on the machine *with* internet?

> This is not installing vim-gtk on second system which is just freshly installed.

Please show us the error as well besides your explanation.

> cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk
> sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=/media/usbdrive/vim-gtk install
> vim-gtk
>

The following might work.

cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk
sudo apt-get -y install *deb

SB

[Narendra Sisodiya]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Sharad Birmiwal <sharadb...@gmail.com> wrote:

What I understand from your explanation is that the second machine
without internet might have an older snapshot of the repository.

infact , the problem is -- there is not snapshot on second machine..

what apt-get update do ?? what change it makes in file system,. what exact files it download ?? second machine is missing these files..

Now you got the problems ??

 

Thus,
when it tries to install vim-gtk, it's looking for an older version of
vim-gtk and corresponding dependencies? But you had a fresh
installation on the machine *with* internet?

Second machine do not has any internet... not even while installing ..

 

> This is not installing vim-gtk on second system which is just freshly installed.

Please show us the error as well besides your explanation.

> cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk
> sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=/media/usbdrive/vim-gtk install
> vim-gtk
>

The following might work.

cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk

sudo apt-get -y install *deb

Nope 

Infact, sudo dpkg -i *deb  will work very fine..

But I want to use apt-get..

[Sharad Birmiwal]

>> cd /media/usbdrive/vim-gtk
>> sudo apt-get -y install *deb
>
> Nope
> Infact, sudo dpkg -i *deb  will work very fine..

Errr.. I meant "sudo dpkg -i *deb" :)

SB

[Chhatoi Pritam Baral]

>without internet might have an older snapshot of the repository.

I guess you are looking for these files:

/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin

/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin

 

Regards,
Chhatoi Pritam Baral

[Narendra Sisodiya]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Chhatoi Pritam Baral <chhato...@gmail.com> wrote:

>without internet might have an older snapshot of the repository.

I guess you are looking for these files:

/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin

/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin

I will check this ..

I got following reply form other mailing list .. I will test this too..

Use dpkg-scanpackages (which is in package dpkg-dev).  See
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-dpkg-scanpackages

Try adding line:
deb file:/media/usbdrive vim-gtk/
to /etc/apt/sources.list .  Then in /media/usbdrive as root type:
dpkg-scanpackages vim-gtk /dev/null | gzip > vim-gtk/Packages.gz
aptitude update
 

Then you can use aptitude to install the packages.