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How to install software and update without internet connection
How to install software and update without internet connection
I'm new with Linux and I need your help. How can I install software without internet connection like in windows? I don't have internet connection at all. Please help me
That will be problematic "at best", as in Linux, "software" (application packages) have dependencies; reliances on other packages that may or may not already be present/installed. If these dependent packages are not already present/installed, then attempting to install the application obtained from another source and downloaded to a CD/DVD/USB drive will fail.
Can you take your PC to a friend or associate who does have Internet access?
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
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While I agree with Snowhog, we should answer your question. Using a computer that can reach the internet, you can research and discover which packages you need, and download the necessary .deb files for your release, transfer them somehow to the target, then install from them. Some unfree software is supplied that way, f.ex. Google Chrome.
If you have access to another computer that is connected and runs the same release, it is straightforward to find the dependencies (using a package manager like muon) but otherwise it would be tedious and error prone, because the dependencies can have dependencies, and so on. On a connected computer APT just sorts it all out; computers are good at that sort of thing.
Might we ask if the lack of internet is due to it not working when you are booted to Kubuntu, or you simply don't have access to the internet in general?
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