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The only thing I want is a distro that lets me download a package from the web and install it locally without connecting to any central repo. I recently learne
by lone_haxx0r 7y ago
The only thing I want is a distro that lets me download a package from the web and install it locally without connecting to any central repo.
I recently learned that Slackware does that, so as soon as I have a little free time, I'll switch to it.
- oneplane 7y agoPretty much every distro ever already does this. At the same time, practically every repository is already a web page with packages. Take Ubuntu and Debian for example; if you download a .deb file you can install it from the GUI and CLI as-is. An example with pictures from a random Google result: https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/ https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/
- stonogo 7y agoThere is also checkinstall, which replaces the 'make install' step in building from source and outputs a native package.
- lmz 7y agoAnd the problem with this approach is of course the dependency management. Just because you have the file for package X doesn't mean it will work if you're missing some of its dependencies. And those dependencies have dependencies etc. Which is why now we use e.g. yum and apt to install stuff, and not rpm and dpkg directly.
- CameronNemo 7y agoEndless OS is specifically geared to "commonly offline" distribution models. Packages are shipped as mostly self contained images.