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

• 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.

Install rust first from here, then

cargo install aoit

or just download from release page.

If you need software for other arch, try cargo install below or cargo build by yourself.

We use vim package 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

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.

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

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.