Linux Mint-17 Package Management Offline

Linux Mint: Install Important Packages Easily.

Developers Essentials:  g++, jdk, strace, banner, traceroute, finger etc.

Developers IDE: Anjuta, Geany, Python ILDE etc

Debugger: GUI for gdb, Nemiver, DDD.

Other: Dia, Synaptic PAckage Manager, Google-chrome, Putty, dcpp etc

1.Install Linuxmint-17-cinnamon

• linuxmint-17-cinnamon-64bit-v2.iso i.e, 64-bit Linux Mint, or 
• linuxmint-17-cinnamon-32bit-v2.iso. i.e, 32-bit Linux Mint.

2.Download Packages according to Your Ubuntu( 32 bit or 64 bit)

• LinuxMint_17_x64_Packages for 64-bit Linux Mint
• LinuxMint_17_x86_Packages. for 32-bit Linux Mint

3.Extract Downloaded Package

4.Open Terminal

 Go to the Directory(Ubuntu-14_x64 or Ubuntu-14_x86_Packages) containing all packages.

5.Change user mode to super user

su 

6.Install Packages

Recomended:

dpkg -iEGR *

It will install all .deb Packages from current directory recursively(including sub-directory).

or,

Manually: Not recommended, go to each directory using cd command and run Following command.

dpkg -iEG *.deb

7.Check status 

Run following command to check status whether, packages installed correctly.

apt-get -f install

That's all.

######################### dpkg options ####################

Options: -iEGR

i: install/upgrade/downgrade as needed

E: Skip installed same version

G: Don't allow old version

R: install recursively .deb files 

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