What's the preferred method for offline updating?

[aguy2]

There are quite a few offline update methods out there, e.g. apt-offline, apt-get, AptMedium, Keryx, etc. Is there any differences in terms of convenience, integrity, or security? Which one is preferred? Which one should be stayed away?

[ibjsb4]

I do not update off-line so really can't say whats good. I do think that the Keryx project is no longer maintained. Here's whats in the forum:

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?cx=006238239194895611142%3Au-ocqbntw_o&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=offline+update&as_qdr=all&sa=Google+Search&lang=en

I can give you a tip. Clean up your software sources so you won't be downloading unnecessary stuff. If you want, post your sources list (please use code tags) so we can have a look at it.

Open a terminal and enter:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Starting_a_Terminal

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