I am not connected to the network and it seems I need build-essentials to get the drivers working. Best I can do is transfer the packages by thumb drive. What is the process for offline installations of the package, and where can I download it?
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you can get the download links from the following command
apt-get install --print-uris build-essential
This will give you the download links + other details (hash values + etc). You can use these download links to download the packages. Then you can install the packages by double clicking or using the dpkg command (dpkg -i).
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2Note that if a package is already in your cache for some reason, the URI won't be printed.– FlimmDec 7, 2012 at 15:06
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this still draws on the original issue of 'build-essential' not being installed and this will have the error message of: " E: Unable to locate package build-essential " Sep 9, 2017 at 2:50
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If the package is already the latest, use "reinstall" to force the print: sudo apt-get install --reinstall --print-uris build-essential Feb 7, 2021 at 1:15