dale_abrams
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Offline Ubuntu Package Installation
I have an Ubuntu server that has firewall ports open for inbound web traffic as well as internal network SSH, but not for outbound server updates/upgrades. Unfortunately, I am unable to get the ports opened I need because of tight security restrictions. I need to install a VM on the machine and obviously cannot just use the sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose command being that it can't get access out. My question is, if I download the virtualbox package on a secondary machine and transfer via USB drive or SSH, where would I upload it on the offline server in order to have the apt-get command find it and properly install it? Do I need to create a local repository for that to work?
Normally with the linux package there will be a readme file that contains all the information in it to install the package on the machine. Apt-get will not work in this instance. http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#idp5512464
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Look at ssh tunneling/proxy.
Does this server have access to NFS shares
mkdir -p /mnt/repos
mount -t NFS 192.168.0.2:/location/of/d
You can either point and/or aptitude or dpkg and other means to do it.
Does this server have access to NFS shares
mkdir -p /mnt/repos
mount -t NFS 192.168.0.2:/location/of/d
You can either point and/or aptitude or dpkg and other means to do it.
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Thanks. This was quick and easy and worked perfectly!
You are most welcome :)