APTonCD

APTonCD is a tool that can back up software packages (.deb files) downloaded via Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) or aptitude, creating a repository that can be used to install those packages on other computers without Internet access. APTonCD gathers the collected packages into a single ISO image. A third-party optical disc authoring tool can subsequently write the ISO image to a disc.

APTonCD
Developer(s)Laudeci Oliveira (aka Pretto)[1]
Stable release
0.1-1
Written inPython
Operating systemDebian, Ubuntu
TypeBackup software (specialized)
LicenseGNU GPL Version 2
Websiteaptoncd.sourceforge.net

Limitations

Since APTonCD just copies the deb files on the cache, it will not save files that are downloaded when the .deb packages are installed, this causes packages like "ubuntu-restricted-extras" or the Flash plugin to fail when installing them on a computer with no internet access.

gollark: Hmm, that is quite fast, though still reasonably achievable with NVMe disks.
gollark: NVMe ones can do a few GB/s, though.
gollark: I'm not sure what that actually means for the write speed.
gollark: The average SSD can do writes that fast too.
gollark: SSDs/HDDs generally all support ECC anyway. There's none of this ridiculous feature gating in those.

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