https://github.com/n0rbert/deb-download
Shell script for downloading deb-package(s) from modern Debian or Ubuntu repositories
https://github.com/n0rbert/deb-download
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Shell script for downloading deb-package(s) from modern Debian or Ubuntu repositories
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/n0rbert/deb-download
- Owner: N0rbert
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2021-01-16T12:39:18.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-17T20:50:47.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-18T11:07:00.042Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: deb, debian, debian-packages, docker
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 29.3 KB
- Stars: 10
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# deb-download
Shell script for downloading deb-package(s) from modern Debian or Ubuntu repositories
Under the hood this script uses Docker to obtain minimal file-system of needed system release. And then it download package(s) to the `storage` sub-directory and saves the list of download URL(s) in `storage/urls.txt` file. The created Docker images will be named with `dd-` prefix, you can remove them manually later.
The main motivation to write this script was partial removal of Python 2 stuff from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS official repositories. For regular users this means that applications like ZeNMap, FSLint are no longer available from `apt`/`apt-get`. So users need to download them manually from . This script automates this process.
The `deb-download.sh` takes at least three pairs of arguments, as shown in example below:
```
./deb-download.sh -d ubuntu -r bionic -p zenmap
```
* `-d` (distribution, mandatory) - `debian` for Debian, `ubuntu` for Ubuntu, `mint` for LinuxMint, `astra` for AstraLinux or `kali` for Kali Linux;
* `-r` (release, mandatory) - all versions starting from Debian 6 (`squeeze`), Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (`precise`), LinuxMint (`17`), AstraLinux (`2.12`, `1.7` and `1.8`) and Kali Linux (`rolling`) are supported by script;
* `-p` (with quotes for multiple packages, mandatory) - represent package(s) name(s) - in the above example it is single `zenmap` package. For two packages use `"mc htop"` (for example);
* `-t` (third-party PPA or full deb-line for `add-apt-repository`, optional) - for example `ppa:user/repo` or `deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/repo/ubuntu bionic main` with the corresponding key for `apt-key` (`-k AABBCCDDEEFF0011` for this example);
* `-s` (get source code of Debian or Ubuntu package(s), optional);
* `-b` (use deb-package(s) from backports pocket, optional).
Note: if you have configured proxy in your network, then you can supply its address as the argument to the application - `http_proxy=http://192.168.12.34:8000 ./deb-download.sh -d ubuntu -r bionic -p zenmap` .
How to start using this script:
1. Install Docker and dependencies to the host system
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker.io git
1. Add current user to the `docker` group
sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
then reboot machine.
1. Clone this repository
cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/N0rbert/deb-download.git
1. Fetch some random deb-package
cd deb-download
chmod +x deb-download.sh
./deb-download.sh -d ubuntu -r bionic -p fslint
1. Carefully inspect the contents of `storage` folder, then try to install main deb-package to the target system, then fix its dependencies one-by-one. For better understanding consult with .
Please also note that this `storage` folder will be cleared on next run of the script!
**Warning:** author of this script can't provide any warranty about successful installation of downloaded deb-packages on the target system. Be careful!