apt-offline on Windows

Question

Following this tutorial, I don't know how to reproduce step 2 on a windows machine:

apt-offline get C:\apt-offline.sig --threads 5

How do I install apt-offline on a Windows machine so I can run this command?

This is what I have tried:
I installed Python 2.7.5 on Windows and downloaded the apt-offline package.
Then I ran the setup.py script contained in the folder.
First with the build parameter and then with the install parameter as described in the INSTALL document.

The only way I can get apt-offline to work is with:

cd C:\apt-offline-1.3
python apt-offline

It never works by entering apt-offline or python apt-offline into cmd.

Answer 1

That's a feature! Windows, just like *nix has a $PATH, a list of directories in which it will search for executable files when a program's name is given in the command line. If a given executable is not in one of those directories, you will need to use its path (not to be confused with $PATH) to run it.

So, you have a few choices:

• You can add the directory in which you have saved apt-offline to your $PATH (source):

  1. From the Desktop, right-click My Computer and click Properties.
  2. Click Advanced System Settings link in the left column.
  3. In the System Properties window click the Environment Variables button.

• You can use the complete path to run the program:

  python C:\apt-offline-1.3\apt-offline
  

• You can change directories to C:\apt-offline-1.3\ and run it from there which is exactly what you've been doing.