installing packages offline

[natbob1]

I'm trying to compile a C application from source on a computer that does not have an internet connection, it gives the error:

checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

I have looked at other threads and found that the issue is solved by using:

sudo apt-get install linux-kernel-headers
sudo apt-get install build-essential

which I cannot do because It doesn't have an Internet connection.
I do have another windows computer that does have an Internet connection. So I would like to know how to download the packages and install them from a disk.

[OffAxis]

download the packages from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/


Then, navigate to the folder where you downloaded them and...

sudo dpkg -i <package name>

[unutbu]

When you install build-essential, it will also try to install the following packages
if you don't already have them:


dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.1 libstdc++6-4.1-dev patch

To avoid the misery of downloading some debs and only later finding out you have unmet dependencies, go to Synaptic. Mark build-essential and linux-kernel-headers for installation. Then go to File>Generate package download script. Save the script and Quit synaptic. The script is a text file which will contain the complete list of packages (debs) you will need to download from http://packages.ubuntu.com/.

Once you copy the debs over to the Ubuntu filesystem, put them in a directory all by themselves. To avoid dpkg from complaining about unmet dependencies,


cd directory-with-the-debs
sudo dpkg -i *

(The * will list all the debs in one line, and when done this way dpkg can somehow decide the correct order the packages must be installed for you.)

[natbob1]

Thanks,
I got the packages and have compiled!

[zj3t3mju]

second way
you can install it from liveCD, it have on install cd
or try http://wapt-get.googlecode.com