aoit-rs

Apt offline installation tool (support Debian family distribution only).

Requirements

• Two servers, one can be networked called A, one can not be networked called B.
• A server with the same architecture and the same distribution as the B server, and with a good network.
• Both servers must have sufficient hard disk space.

Usage

In A server, pack all the dependencies of a package

We use vim as example.

Create a work folder.

root@debian:~# mkdir test
root@debian:~# cp aoit test/
root@debian:~# cd test

Start packing.

root@debian:~/test# ./aoit --pack vim
Create tmp dir success
Resolving depends: vim-common
Resolving depends: vim-runtime
Resolving depends: libacl1
Resolving depends: libc6
Resolving depends: libgpm2
Resolving depends: libselinux1
Resolving depends: libtinfo6
Saving...
Hashing...
Removing tmp dir...
Done

These three files will appear in the directory.

root@debian:~/test# ls
aoit  vim.aoit  vim.aoit.sha256

Do not change any files, including naming and content, and make sure all three files are copied to a USB or CD.

In B server, offline installation of vim

Check for the presence of these three files.

root@debian:~/test# ls
aoit  vim.aoit  vim.aoit.sha256

Start offline installation.

root@debian:~/test# ./aoit --install vim.aoit
Checking...
Check sha256 success
Decompress aoit...
Install: libtinfo6_6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Install: libselinux1_3.1-3_amd64.deb
Install: libgpm2_1.20.7-8_amd64.deb
Install: libc6_2.31-13+deb11u6_amd64.deb
Install: libacl1_2.2.53-10_amd64.deb
Install: vim-runtime_2%3a8.2.2434-3+deb11u1_all.deb
Install: vim-common_2%3a8.2.2434-3+deb11u1_all.deb
Install: vim_2%3a8.2.2434-3+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Removing tmp dir...
Done

Fixing apt dependencies

apt install -f

If this process does not have any error messages, the installation is successful and you can now use the offline installed vim.