Offline Updater Tool

Registered by Baishampayan Ghose

There should be a way to update offline installations of Ubuntu. We need a tool to create installable packs by fetching available updates on a connected PC and then install those updates on the offline machine.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
Mario Đanić
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Baishampayan Ghose
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Baishampayan Ghose
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Beta Available
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Baishampayan Ghose

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Check: http://wiki.debian.org/AptMedium

The debian apt system can be configured to use an apt-medium for offline updates. Making any apt frontend work with offline systems.

 (See also comments concerning the synaptic script on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OfflineUpdateSpec)

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The beta can be downloaded from the Bazaar repository https://code.launchpad.net/~apt-offline/apt-offline/dev

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Partly implemented by https://wiki.ubuntu.com/APTonCD

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