The answer is yes, but it requires some effort and depends how you are downloading the packages. There are a few options:
1) You can burn /sw onto a CD or DVD and then just copy it to the other computer: this copies all the files and the package database as well. This works until /sw is too big for the medium. Another similar option is to copy /sw to a large removable hard drive. 2) If you are using the source distribution, then you can download the appropriate source files to some media and copy them into /sw/src on the offline computer. 3) If you are willing to go through some tedious effort, you can install the binaries manually. This is tedious because if you install some package A that requires B, instead of B getting installed, you get an error message, and then you have to install B yourself, followed by A. There are some other methods, too. If you have a specific idea in mind, check back on the list, and we'll give you a more specific answer. On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, e'st wrote: > probably a quite strange question > but does fink also work OFFline? > > I mean, if - for security reason for example - I don't want to get an > apt-get update or install directly, but download the files with an > other computer, can I then install them with fink offline? > > hope this was understandable... > > steffen > > -- > > > pop |www.estfiles.de > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
