apt-offline

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 08:23:12PM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
>    On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 5:49 PM Peter Flynn <[1]peter at silmaril.ie>
>    wrote:
> 
>      On 06/02/2024 21:51, Jerry Geis wrote:
>      > Hi All,
>      >
>      > I desire to upgrade a 20.04 to 22.04 offline
>      > I have no access to the current 20.04 system until I get there
>      (some day
>      > in the future).
>      You need to find someone with Internet access who can create a
>      boot/install USB stick for 22.04 and send it to you. Then you can
>      install it without Internet access.
>      I don't know if you can do an upgrade across major versions, either
>      online or offline.
> 
>    Taking a different approach - instead of using apt-offline
>    can I update 20.04 to 22.04 with a local apt respository that I would
>    bring on a USB disk ?
>    Thanks
>    Jerry
> 
That should work, though I have always found using apt with a local
repository a bit 'awkward'.

When you go to the system can you not have a mobile phone connection
to provide internet temporarily?

-- 
Chris Green