apt install error

[Jerry Geis]

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 2:53 PM Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu>
wrote:

> On 2/9/24 13:56, Jerry Geis wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 1:50 PM Sarunas Burdulis
> > <sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu <mailto:sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 2/9/24 13:15, Jerry Geis wrote:
> >      > apt update
> >      >   Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>
> >      > <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>> focal InRelease
> >      > Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>
> >      > <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>> focal-updates InRelease
> >      > Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>
> >      > <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>> focal-backports InRelease
> >      > Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>
> >      > <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> >     <http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>> focal-security InRelease
> >      > Reading package lists...
> >      > Building dependency tree...
> >      > Reading state information...
> >      > 217 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see
> >     them.
> >      >
> >      > all normal
> >
> >     Unless there are reasons not to, I would upgrade (`apt
> full-upgrade`).
>
> `apt full-upgrade` would NOT change the OS version. But will bring the
> existing one up-to-date. If that is not desirable either, then you need
> to download and install the same outdated version of net-tools, matching
> other outdated packages.
>
> > Correct there are reasons to be on 20.04.3, I need to visit a machine
> > like this that has "no internet"
> > So I am trying to do an "apt update --download-only" (this is what I
> > started with) and failed.
> > I then tried "apt update" this works, I then tried "apt install
> > net-tools" and this was the error I got.
> >
> > Actual GOAL is to download everything needed and offline - no internet
> > update.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
>
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apt full-upgrade

gives me the same errors.  just tried it.

Jerry
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