If apt-rdepends is not installed yet, install it using command: $ sudo apt install apt-rdependsĪnd then download the main package (i.e. In such cases, use ' apt-rdepends' to download all packages.

Vim is already the newest version (2:-1ubuntu1.3).Ġ upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. $ sudo apt-get install -download-only vim If you try to download a package which is already installed in the same system itself, you will see an output like below. However, t his method only works if the system that you use to download the packages does not have the main package or its dependencies installed locally. To install the downloaded packages, go to the cache folder and install them as shown below. Just copy the entire cache folder on any USB or transfer them via network to a system that you wanted to install the packages in it.

Get:1 bionic-updates/main amd64 vim amd64 2:-1ubuntu1.1 ĭownload complete and in download only modeĪs you see in the above output, we have downloaded Vim package will all dependencies, but we didn't actually install it.ĭownload Packages With Dependencies Locally In UbuntuĪll downloaded files will be saved in /var/cache/apt/archives directory. The following NEW packages will be installed:Ġ upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 82 not upgraded.Īfter this operation, 2,852 kB of additional disk space will be used. To download a package with all dependencies, without installing them, just run: $ sudo apt-get install -download-only įor instance, let us download the Vim package with all required dependencies, without installing them, using command: $ sudo apt-get install -download-only vim This is the simplest and straight-forward method than other other methods given below. I tested this guide on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS desktop editions.

Download packages with dependencies locally for a specific architectureĭownload packages with dependencies locally in Ubuntu.

Download packages with dependencies locally in Ubuntu.

Dpkg install dependencies