How To Download Packages With Dependencies Locally In Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Pop OS
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Method 1
$ sudo apt-get install --download-only <package_name>
All downloaded files will be saved in /var/cache/apt/archives directory.
$ sudo dpkg -i *
Method 2
if we have installed packages already, use the apt-rdepends
$ sudo apt install apt-rdepends
apt download $(apt-rdepends vim | grep -v "^ ")
if we get errors like this
E: Can't select candidate version from package debconf-2.0 as it has no candidate
delete version specified in name like this
$ apt-get download $(apt-rdepends vim | grep -v "^ " | sed 's/debconf-2.0/debconf/g')
Then
$ sudo dpkg -i *