Is it safe to manually download a package from this site and then install the .deb file using apt? Is there anything more secure about using apt to download the package?

  • sir_reginald@lemmy.world
    31·
    10 months ago

    you’re downloading the .deb anyway, so you need a network connection unless you’re downloading the packages in a difderent machine and then transferring them to the target.

    but OP didn’t mention two machines and it is just too rare and specific to be assumed.

    • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
      2·
      10 months ago

      Occasionally I’ll have to manually dl a .deb for network firmware but that is a no-network situation. For OPs case I think he should just stick to apt.

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      10 months ago

      I don’t think it’s as rare as you think. There are machines that companies will run without an internet connection for years at a time for security reasons. But then one day they need to update some specific program.

      No, I don’t think that’s OPs situation, I was just responding to your question about when that ever made sense to do.