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I want to download a complete off line openssh-server package installer. I need the offline package to setup for my school project but I don't have the internet facility in the lab.

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If you will execute sudo apt-get download openssh-server you will get a .deb file that can be installed offline.

However, as there are several dependencies packages that are required by openssh-server you will probably want to download all of them too.
To do it execute this instead: sudo apt-get build-dep --download-only --reinstall -o dir::cache=<path_to_save> openssh-server. where <path_to_save> is where you want the downloaded dependencies to be saved.

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this is giving me the following error bash: cd: /home/user/dir/sudo: No such file or directory – shariq Mar 18 '12 at 12:57
Are you running Ubuntu? – yossile Mar 18 '12 at 12:59
yes ubuntu 11.10 – shariq Mar 18 '12 at 13:02
sorry you were correct i typed it wrong.Now can you please explain what to do with these packages on the other computers? – shariq Mar 18 '12 at 13:04
Have all .deb in one folder and on the other computer execute 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb' – yossile Mar 18 '12 at 14:34
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Steps:

  • Get the "deb" file
  • Give the command by pointing offline package file

In order to get offline installation file, follow this command:

sudo apt-get –download-only openssh-server

Install it by using “deb” file:

sudo dpkg -i /home/yupana/Desktop/ssh.deb

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I have written some scripts to handle using apt-get without an internet connection. you may want to check it out.

https://gitorious.org/gapt-get

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