How To Install extrepo-offline-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install extrepo-offline-data on Debian 12.
What is extrepo-offline-data
extrepo-offline-data is:
External repositories are additional software package repositories that are not maintained by Debian. Before extrepo, maintainers of such repositories would suggest that you download and execute an (unsigned) shell script as root, or that you download and install their (unsigned) package, which is not ideal for security.
The extrepo package tries to remedy this, by providing a curated list of external repositories that can be enabled by a simple command, allowing unsigned scripts to be replaced by a simple “extrepo enable example.com_repo”.
Note, however, that while the repositories are curated, and that any repositories with malicious content will be removed and/or disabled when detected, no warranty is made by the Debian project as to the security or quality of the software in these third-party repositories.
This package contains all of the repository offline data, to be used if your computer isn’t connected to internet.
There are three methods to install extrepo-offline-data on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install extrepo-offline-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install extrepo-offline-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install extrepo-offline-data
Install extrepo-offline-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install extrepo-offline-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install extrepo-offline-data
Install extrepo-offline-data Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install extrepo-offline-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install extrepo-offline-data
How To Uninstall extrepo-offline-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the extrepo-offline-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove extrepo-offline-data
Uninstall extrepo-offline-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall extrepo-offline-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove extrepo-offline-data
Remove extrepo-offline-data Configurations and Data
To remove extrepo-offline-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge extrepo-offline-data
Remove extrepo-offline-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove extrepo-offline-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extrepo-offline-data
Dependencies
extrepo-offline-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install extrepo-offline-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
