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Requirements

This method works best with a connected computer with same OS and Version.
This enables one to ascertain the dependent packages that need to be downloaded by the Package Manager for the disconnected (air-gapped) computer.

Strategy will be to only install packages if absolutely necessary to minimise need to vet new packages. 
Root privileges will only be used when absolutely  necessary.

Centos 7 Example

On Redhat and Centos OS, tar and libnsl may need to be installed as they are needed to unpack the installer runfile.

1. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will firstly determine which pre-installation required packages need to be downloaded:

   First we check if tar package is installed: rpm -q tar.x86_64 tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64 # tar package is installed. # We will only consider downloading and installing it later if we find we are unable to unpack the Opmantek Installer Runfile. # Next we check if libnsl package is installed: rpm -q libnsl package libnsl is not installed # libnsl is not installed. # From the above checks on this disconnected (air-gapped) computer, we have ascertained that the following packages are needed: linbnsl

   
   
   

2. Using the connected computer with same OS and Version we will now fetch the pre-installation required packages:

   # Navigate to a clean directory to download packages to mkdir -p /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages cd /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages/ # Download each of the dependent packages: yumdownloader libnsl Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile epel/x86_64/metalink | 26 kB 00:00:00 * base: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au * epel: mirror.xeonbd.com * extras: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au * updates: mirror.nsw.coloau.com.au base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 epel | 4.7 kB 00:00:00 extras | 2.9 kB 00:00:00 updates | 2.9 kB 00:00:00 No Match for argument libnsl Nothing to download # At first sight it appears we don't need libnsl for the OS + Version we are running this example on. # If the Opmantek Installer Runfile fails to unpack we may need to download this package from an OS Repository that is not enabled by default. # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package. # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version. # The command to download tar package with dependencies is: yumdownloader --resolve tar # Downloaded packages will now be in the current directory and ready for transferring to the disconnected (air-gapped) computer where they will be installed. ls -la -rw-rw-r--. 1 user user 865848 Nov 12 2018 tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64.rpm

   
   
   

3. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will now install the downloaded required packages:

   # Install each of the downloaded required packages. # Since we don't have any package to install in this example we will install the tar package. # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version. sudo yum install tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64.rpm

   
   

Debian 9 Example

On Debian and Ubuntu OS, tar, which is normally installed by default, may need to be installed as it is needed to unpack the installer runfile.

1. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will firstly determine which pre-installation required packages need to be downloaded:

   # We check if tar package is installed: type tar tar is /bin/tar # tar package is installed # We will only consider downloading and installing it later if we find we are unable to unpack the Opmantek Installer Runfile. # From the above checks on this disconnected (air-gapped) computer, we have ascertained that no packages are needed. # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package. # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version.

   
   

2. Using the connected computer with same OS and Version we would now fetch the pre-installation required packages:

   # Navigate to a clean directory to download packages to mkdir -p /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages cd /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages/ # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package. # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version. # The command to download tar package with dependencies is: apt-get download tar Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 tar amd64 1.29b-1.1 [759 kB] Fetched 759 kB in 2s (305 kB/s) # Downloaded packages will now be in the current directory and ready for transferring to the disconnected (air-gapped) computer where they will be installed: ls -la -rw-rw-r--. 1 user user 4463036 Apr 3 21:12 759354 Oct 31 2016 tar_1.29b-1.1_amd64.deb

   
   

3. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will now install the downloaded required packages:

   # Install each of the downloaded required packages, here using libacl1 as an example, even though it is not actually needed in this case: sudo apt-get install tar_1.29b-1.1_amd64.deb