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 https://packages.ubuntu.com. 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
   

2. Add current user to the docker group

   sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
   

   then reboot machine.

3. Clone this repository

   cd ~/Downloads
   git clone https://github.com/N0rbert/deb-download.git
   

4. Fetch some random deb-package

   cd deb-download
   chmod +x deb-download.sh
   ./deb-download.sh -d ubuntu -r bionic -p fslint
   

5. 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 https://packages.ubuntu.com.

   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!