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?
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?
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.