Provided by: apt-offline_1.8.1_all bug

NAME

       apt-offline - Offline APT Package manager

SYNOPSIS

       apt-offline [ARGUMENTS] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       apt-offline  brings  offline  package management functionality to Debian based system.  It
       can be used to download packages and  its  dependencies  to  be  installed  later  on  (or
       required  to  update) a disconnected machine.  Packages can be downloaded from a different
       connected machine.

       It can also fetch bug reports for the packages that are downloaded.

       Unless the -h/-v or --help/--version options are given, one of the  get,  set  or  install
       commands must be provided.

   set FILENAME [-h] [--install-packages PKG...PKG_N] [--install-src-packages PKG...PKG_N] --src-
       build-dep [--release release_name] [--update] [--upgrade] [--upgrade-type upgrade]
       set generates a signature file with  the  data  required  to  install  on  or  update  the
       disconnected machine.

       FILENAME  {apt-offline.sig} is the signature file generated on the machine. This file will
       contain all the information necessary for apt.

       --install-packages [PKG...PKG_N]
                 Packages that need to be installed

       --install-src-packages [PKG...PKG_N]
                 Source packages that need to be installed

       --src-build-dep
                 Download Build Dependency packages for the source packages requested

       --release release_name
                 Release target to install packages from

       --apt-backend apt-get
                 APT backend to use. One of: apt, apt-get, python-apt

       --generate-changelog
                 Generate changelog of the version to be downloaded

       --update  Generate APT Database signature for an update. This is the equivalent  of  using
                 apt-get update

       --upgrade Generate  APT  Database signature for package upgrade. This is the equivalent of
                 using apt-get upgrade

       --upgrade-type {upgrade_type}
                 Type of upgrade you would like to perform. Default is  upgrade  .   Other  valid
                 types are dist-upgrade and dselect-upgrade

       Note:     If  neither of the --update or --upgrade option is explicitly mentioned, the set
                 command will generate signature for both the --update and --upgrade options.

   get FILENAME [-h] [--socket-timeout ] [-d / --download-dir] [-s / --cache-dir] [--no-checksum]
       [-t / --threads ] [--bundle] [--bug-reports] [--proxy-host] [--proxy-port]
       get downloads APT data as per a signature file.

       FILENAME  {apt-offline.sig}  is  the  signature file required for details about data to be
       downloaded. This file should have been generated by the above set command.

       -d, --download-dir DIR_NAME
                 Download data to the specified DIR_NAME folder. If no folder name is  specified,
                 data  is  downloaded  to a folder in the TEMPDIR path in the format apt-offline-
                 download-$PID

       -s, --cache-dir DIR_NAME
                 Look for data in the cache before downloading it from the internet. If  you  are
                 on  a Debian box, you would want to specify /var/cache/apt/archives here. If the
                 data is not available in the cache, the downloaded data is also  copied  to  the
                 cache.

       --no-checksum
                 Enabling  this  option  will bypass the checksum verification of each downloaded
                 file thus losing integrity of the  package.  Usage  of  this  option  is  highly
                 discouraged

       -t, --threads NUM_OF_THREADS
                 Number  of  threads to spawn for downloads. Default is 1. Using too many threads
                 can overload the servers, hence it is advisable to keep the number low

       --bundle FILENAME
                 Create an archive file FILENAME. The file is archived in zip format

       --bug-reports
                 Download bug reports for packages that are being downloaded. Currently only  the
                 Debian BTS is supported.

       --proxy-host
                 Specify the Proxy Host to be used.

       --proxy-port
                 Specify the Proxy port number to be used.

   install   FILE/FOLDER   [-h]   [--skip-bug-reports   ]   [--install-src-path  PATH]  [--allow-
       unauthenticated]
       install installs APT data to the APT package database and updates it.

       FILE {archive_bundle_file} Install data from the archive (bundle) file.

       FOLDER {/folder/path} Install data from the folder path.

       Either FILE or FOLDER argument can be provided to the install command.

       --skip-bug-reports
                 Skip listing of downloaded bug reports, if any.

       --skip-changelog
                 Skip display of changelog, if any.

       --allow-unauthenticated
                 Don't verify GPG signatures for the data to be installed to APT. Usage  of  this
                 option is highly discouraged.

       --install-src-path PATH
                 Path to filesystem where we want the source packages to be installed to. Default
                 will be a folder in your TEMPDIR.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show help message

       --verbose
              Run in verbose mode

       --simulate
              Developer only. Used for testing.

       -v, --version
              Display the version of the program

EXAMPLES

       NOTE: argument/option handling
              apt-offline relies on argparse for argument/option parsing. To explicitly  instruct
              apt-offline about an argument, you can pass it with the -- delimiter.

              Ex. apt-offline set --update --upgrade --install-packages wm2 -- foo.sig

              By specifying the -- delimiter, we instruct apt-offline that foo.sig is an argument
              to the apt-offline command and not to the --install-packages option.

              Otherwise, you could also use it positionally next to the set command

              Ex. apt-offline set foo.sig --update --upgrade --install-packages wm2

       apt-offline set FILENAME
              This command will generate a signature file FILENAME for APT Package Database.   To
              generate only the signature for updates, use the --update option.  To generate only
              the signature for package upgrades, use the  --upgrade  option.   Default  behavior
              when no options are specified is to generate a signature for both the operations.

       apt-offline get FILENAME
              This  command  will  fetch  the  data  required for APT Package Database as per the
              signature file FILENAME generated by apt-offline get.  To download bug reports also
              use  the --bug-reports option.  Currently supported bug tracker is Debian BTS only.
              By default, if neither  of  -d  or  --bundle  options  are  specified,  apt-offline
              downloads  data  into  a folder inside the TEMPDIR environment folder in the format
              apt-offline-downloads-PID, where PID is the PID of the running apt-offline process.
              Example   on   a   linux   machine   would  be  something  like:  /tmp/apt-offline-
              downloads-23242/

       apt-offline install FILE|FOLDER
              This command will sync the data downloaded by apt-offline get to  the  APT  Package
              Database  and  update  it.  Depending on where the data was downloaded to or packed
              into, either the absolute FOLDER path or the archive FILE path can be specified.

              NOTE1: On a freshly installed box, that was  installed  without  the  network,  the
              package database is null. In that case, you first need to run apt-offline with just
              the --update option to ensure you have a meaningful package database

              Example: apt-offline set set.uris --update

              NOTE2: On a fresh setup installed through CD/DVD, the  default  APT  setting  lists
              only  the install media URLs. In such case, you need to add the default APT network
              repositories to the list. For example, for a fresh (DVD) installed Debian box,  add
              the relevant repository to

              /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-offline.list or /etc/apt/sources.list

              deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main contrib

              (For Debian Stable)

              deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib

              (For Debian Unstable/Sid)

              deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib

              (For Debian Stretch)

              deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib

              (Security Updates for Debian Stable)

              deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib

              (Security Updates for Debian Testing)

       Sequence  1:  The  following  set  of  commands,  when  run  in  sequence,  will  update a
       disconnected machine.

              apt-offline set update.sig --update

              (Generate the required data needed to update the APT database. Should be run on the
              disconnected machine)

              apt-offline get update.sig --bundle update.zip

              (Download  the  required data needed to update the APT database. Should be run on a
              machine with internet connectivity)

              apt-offline install update.zip

              (Installs the data needed to  update  the  APT  database.  Should  be  run  on  the
              disconnected machine)

       Sequence 2: With successful completion of Sequence 1, the APT database on the disconnected
       machine will be up-to-date. Now, the following set of commands, when run in sequence, will
       upgrade a disconnected machine.

              apt-offline set upgrade.sig --upgrade

              (Genereate  the  required data needed to upgrade the upgradable packages. Should be
              run on the disconnected machine)

              apt-offline get upgrade.sig --bundle upgrade.zip

              (Download the required data needed to upgrade the upgradable  packages.  Should  be
              run on a machine with internet connectivity)

              apt-offline install upgrade.zip

              (Installs  the data needed to upgrade the upgradable packages. Should be run on the
              disconnected machine)

       After successful completion of
              Sequence 1 and Sequence 2 in order, further running apt-get upgrade will result  in
              0 bytes of additional download.

AUTHOR

       apt-offline is written by Ritesh Raj Sarraf (rrs@researchut.com)

       If    you    wish   to   report   a   bug   in   apt-offline,   please   see   http://apt-
       offline.alioth.debian.org or http://github.com/rickysarraf/apt-offline or  else,  send  an
       email to me at rrs@researchut.com

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(8), apt-cache(8), dpkg(8), aptitude(8),

DEDICATION

       This  software is dedicated to the memory of my father Santosh Kumar Sarraf. We miss you a
       lot.