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

       --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

   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 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.

       --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

       --test-windows
              Developer only. Used for testing on windows

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

EXAMPLES

       To keep your disconnected machine up-to-date, here is a typical workflow

       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.

       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.

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 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.