apt-offline

[Jerry Geis]

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 4:33 AM Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> 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?
>
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Cell internet would be aweswome - but no go...
Going to try setting up a local mirror on. USB. I'll need both 20.04 mirror
and 22.04 mirror.

Thanks

Jerry
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