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Hi there guys,

I recently swtiched to Ubuntu Lucid, and just want to know if there is something like an "App store" for Ubuntu apps? Since my Ubuntu machine is not connected to the net, i can't use the software centre. So I have to download the packages and install in manually..

So all-in-all, is there one "centralized" website where I can just browse through all the Ubuntu apps, pick what I want, and download the packages?

Thanks in advance!

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Short summary: was right — tools exist that let you collect .deb files on a machine with Internet access and move them to an offline Ubuntu box. If you want alternatives or more control than a single app-store GUI, there are three practical workflows: browse packages manually, generate a download script from Synaptic, or use an offline updater tool that builds a download bundle. The official package index is a good place to inspect versions and filenames. (packages.ubuntu.com)

If you prefer a GUI route, Synaptic can do almost everything you need: mark the packages on the offline machine, use File → Generate package download script, run that script on an Internet-connected computer to fetch the .deb files, then on the offline machine use File → Add downloaded packages (or fall back to dpkg). Example fallback install command: 

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/copied/debs/*.deb

This is simple and reliable for modest sets of packages. (help.ubuntu.com)

For a command-line, repeatable solution that handles updates and dependency resolution, apt-offline is the standard tool: generate a signature on the offline machine, run apt-offline on an online machine to fetch all required files (optionally bundled into a zip), then install them back on the offline host. A typical flow is:

# offline: create signature
apt-offline set /tmp/machine.sig --update --upgrade

# online: download bundle
apt-offline get /tmp/machine.sig --bundle /tmp/apt-bundle.zip

# offline: install
apt-offline install /tmp/apt-bundle.zip

This is designed exactly for disconnected APT workflows. (huge-man-linux.net)

Other options: use apt-get --download-only or --print-uris to collect .debs into /var/cache/apt/archives and copy them, or for larger needs set up a mirror/caching proxy (apt-mirror, debmirror, or apt-cacher-ng) so multiple offline machines can be serviced from a single repository copy. Always match the Ubuntu release and CPU architecture (and use Ubuntu’s old-releases area for EOL releases) to avoid mismatched dependency problems. (manpages.ubuntu.com)

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Hi, the way i understand; you have a computer somewhere that is not connected to the internet, then you want something to just give you all the packages for you to download then install them on the machine with no internet connection. Well maybe not like Ubuntu Software center online look alike but their is this software

http://keryxproject.org/

its an offline repository, you install it to a USB flash drive and where ever you have the chance to get online you choose what software to install and off you go to the machine with no internet, maybe this will help you , not sure if this is what you were looking for.

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That is exactly what I meant and what I was looking for! Great help, thanks alot!

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