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megas
Asked: 2011-09-10 09:07:58 +0800 CST

How to install aptitude without an internet connection?

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I've just installed Ubuntu 11.04 and there no internet connection.

Firstly I've tried sudo apt-get install aptitude, but it says that there's no installation for this.

Then I downloaded on USB memory apt_0.8.3ubuntu6_amd64.deb package (as I understood that this package has aptitude installation) and installed it. Then I tried sudo apt-get install aptitude and again no success.

How to install aptitude without internet connection?

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  1. Best Answer

    To install aptitude without internet you first need to have it with all of its dependencies.

    1. Go to: http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/aptitude to grab aptitude and all of its dependencies.

    2. Put all the deb packages inside a folder and when on the PC you want to install aptitude go to the folder in the terminal and do sudo dpkg -i *.deb

    It will install aptitude with all of the dependencies in that folder.

    NOTE - I am also one of those that enjoys Aptitude over apt-get, not only because you do everything from one single command but when you do a show, search or install it is more human friendly than the other.

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  2. You install .deb package using dpkg, see here for example: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-how-do-i-install-deb-packages/

    Also, read this article for installing packages from a CD, without an internet connection: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/offline.html

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