How do I install 'Make' without internet connection?

Question

I need to install wifi drivers on my laptop, the drivers I have use 'Make' during the install process.

How can I download 'Make' without installing and save to usb (obviously using a pc with internet connection)?

which version of Ubuntu do you use? (16.04,18.04,) – Tejas Lotlikar Dec 03 '19 at 17:47 — Tejas Lotlikar, Dec 03 '19 at 17:47

Eduardo Trápani · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-03T17:57:49.367

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You can ask apt-get for the packages that will be installed like this:

sudo apt-get --print-uris install make | cut -d"'" -f2 | grep http > /tmp/packages.list

Then you copy that file and, on another computer you do:

wget -i packages.list

Then you move the .deb packages you just downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives on the unconnected computer.

And run:

sudo apt-get install make

That should do it.

edited Dec 03 '19 at 17:57

answered Dec 03 '19 at 17:50

Eduardo Trápani

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where will that save? How can I copy to usb and then install on the other pc? – Kaigo Dec 03 '19 at 17:56
I updated the answer to include all the steps. – Eduardo Trápani Dec 03 '19 at 18:12
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actually the packages.list file is empty are running the command . . – Kaigo Dec 07 '19 at 11:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 17:57

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First, download the packages listed below

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/make-dfsg/make_4.1-9.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-8/libgcc1_8-20180414-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-8/gcc-8-base_8-20180414-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb

make requires libc6, libc6 requires libgcc1, libgcc1 requires gcc-8-base.

Copy these packages to a folder and transfer it to the pc on which they are to be installed.

Now, open a terminal into that folder and type the command

sudo dpkg -i *

answered Dec 03 '19 at 17:57

Tejas Lotlikar

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I bricked my Ubuntu machine by doing this. There were issues with libc which the OS depended on, and after that it wouldn't boot.
I'm not saying your answer is wrong, but I am saying that anyone following your instructions had better know what they are doing (I didn't) or they could end up in the same situation as I did.
– matt_rule Jul 15 '21 at 17:23
In my case I already had libc.so.6 installed in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ so my first mistake was to try installing it without checking for its existence first. Installing make on its own without the other three packages worked. – matt_rule Jul 15 '21 at 17:40
@matt_rule, since the OP did not specify the version of Ubuntu he/she is using, i couldn't give a very specific answer. Apologies – Tejas Lotlikar Jul 16 '21 at 18:43
It's not your fault it's mine :) – matt_rule Jul 17 '21 at 09:37

How do I install 'Make' without internet connection?

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