If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet.
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@dilmandila There is. It's called DVD ISO images.
They are bigger in size and also act as troubleshooting rescue image.
Most Linux already supported such images.
@hollowaykeanho @dilmandila This is about installing software on an existing install though. Having the full distro to hand might help with dependencies but doesn't address the issue of getting the software onto an offline machine
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@dilmandila There is. It's called DVD ISO images.
They are bigger in size and also act as troubleshooting rescue image.
Most Linux already supported such images.
@hollowaykeanho This is for the OS? I'm referring to particular software :-))
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If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.
@dilmandila do you have any way to share your phone's connection with the computer? Tethering somehow? Definitely not ideal and you're still right to want offline installation capability, but it might get you past this particular obstacle.
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@hollowaykeanho This is for the OS? I'm referring to particular software :-))
@dilmandila Oh.. my bad. I misread your post asking for Linux installation.
Luminance HDR opted for Flatpak and if I'm not mistaken, Flatpak can be exported into USB or single file bundle. Refer: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/single-file-bundles.html
Really depends on the developer doing for you
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However: sounds like you need an OpenWRT portable router with VPN configured (a.k.a shadow router). Even the bundle is available, the network shutdown still stops you from downloading anything.
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@dilmandila Oh.. my bad. I misread your post asking for Linux installation.
Luminance HDR opted for Flatpak and if I'm not mistaken, Flatpak can be exported into USB or single file bundle. Refer: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/single-file-bundles.html
Really depends on the developer doing for you
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However: sounds like you need an OpenWRT portable router with VPN configured (a.k.a shadow router). Even the bundle is available, the network shutdown still stops you from downloading anything.
@dilmandila, shadow router (using ProtonVPN as example. Use your own):
How to set up Proton VPN on an OpenWrt router using OpenVPN | Proton VPN
We take a step-by-step look at how to set up Proton VPN on an OpenWrt router using the OpenVPN VPN protocol.
Proton VPN (protonvpn.com)
Good luck.
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@hollowaykeanho @dilmandila This is about installing software on an existing install though. Having the full distro to hand might help with dependencies but doesn't address the issue of getting the software onto an offline machine
On a Debian system you can move .deb package archives on to the machine and install with
dpkg -i filename.deb
It'll likely want you to go sneakering to get more .deb files of forgotten dependencies.
Luminance-HDR is in the debian archive:
I don't know about other systems.
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If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.
@dilmandila : that’s one of the reason which motivates me to develop #offpunk
No, we don’t all have permanent connectivity!
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@hollowaykeanho This is for the OS? I'm referring to particular software :-))
in general you can use OS images in order to install important system and potentially some common user apps with all their dependencies using your package manager.
If you want to offline install other apps, you would install AppImage, Flatpack or Docker and than download your app in the respective format, which is basically an image(a container) just for your app incl. all its dependencies for that release version.
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If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.
@dilmandila@mograph.social With "Install via terminal" you mean it has to be downloaded from the internet instead of from a local disk?
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If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.
@dilmandila @dilmandila I use Debian. I installed Termux on my phone, and on it I installed jigdo-lite to download Debian isos.
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If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.
@dilmandila The replies to this post are textbook linux reply-guy. Completely missing the point of your request.
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@dilmandila@mograph.social With "Install via terminal" you mean it has to be downloaded from the internet instead of from a local disk?
@nyovaya @dilmandila I believe he means that there need to be an option to install the program from e.g. a USB-stick.
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