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I've been given an Ubuntu VM to work with. It has no internet connection nor GUI. Actually, it's not supposed to be used directly, but I need some extra libraries on it and I don't know how to install them. My idea is to download the libraries somewhere else, copy them through WinSCP and install them throw PuTTY. This should replace the apt-get install. The problem is that I don't know where to download them. If you know how to do that I would really appreciate. If you have any other idea that can solve this problem it's also fine. Thank you.

EDIT: RELEASE DETAILS

cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04.6 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

hostnamectl
Static hostname: 06e2e468f8c4
         Icon name: computer-vm
           Chassis: vm
        Machine ID: 07e8a1bebd223fc12a4a73e45d72352a
           Boot ID: ae8230cd752c4e5f8a4772ebf2ae80a1
    Virtualization: oracle
  Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
            Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic
      Architecture: x86-64

uname -srm
Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64
Luigi2405
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  • You haven't provided release details, however apt-get won't install local files (the get part of the name is a clue, apt will, as well as dpkg will). If you view your sources files anyway you'll get clue anyway. – guiverc Jul 11 '20 at 08:55
  • I did not get your point. Antway now I edit with the release details – Luigi2405 Jul 11 '20 at 09:06

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Using apt or dpkg command will help you install the package.
How to install with apt
Open terminal and run

apt update
apt install package_name

NB: apt requires internet connection. How to install with dpkg
Download the .deb from a safe source, change to the directory of your .deb files using cd command, run

dpkg -i package_name.deb

If there is more than one .deb file, your can make the installation with a regular expression by running

dpkg -i *.deb
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