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How to remove Ubuntu's automatic internet connection needs?

Imagine that, I have a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 installed. But there are some default packages or services that connects to the Internet without my consent. How to get rid of them completely or make them offline in an effective way? As far as I now, they…
Olimjon
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steam fatal error "steam needs to be online to update, but was set to offline movies."

I tried re-installing it but it simply keeps giving me this error in a little window. When I close it, an identical error pops up some 3 seconds later without any new provocation.
cobalt
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Snapd is downloading without my permission

One day, I noticed that my Internet is being used. After using sudo nethogs I found that package called snapd is downloading something from internet regularly without my consent. The only snap program that I have installed is VLC. So, how to see…
Olimjon
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Unattended Offline Edubuntu 14.04 Install

I am looking for a way to do this offline with Edubuntu 14.04 desktop. It would install much faster and better for large-scale deployments. It seems that contrary to some guides, kickstart is no longer required. These resources got me really…
HarlemSquirrel
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Getting .deb package dependencies for an offline Ubuntu computer through Windows

Basically I want to "batch" download a .deb file and all its dependencies at once on a Windows 7 machine (of which I do not have admin access, it is a public computer.) I've seen plenty of Ubuntu based fixes that require terminal and apt, I'm asking…
Riskii
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How can I install 'Adobe Flash Player' offline?

My friend has a computer with Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit, but he has no internet connection. He'd like to install the Adobe Flash Player on his computer. How to do that?
siraj
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How to make Google Drive folder available offline?

I'm using Google Drive, mounting it automatically after logged in in online account, but I've read that Google Drive mounted doesn't keep a offline copy of the drive so any access take a long time. Is there a way to force Google Drive to be cache…
Andrea Bellizzi
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How to download a software package with all dependencies and sub-dependencies?

Similar questions have been asked already but none of them have solved my problem: I need to install a package on a standalone Linux box, specifically kdbg. Now I tired the command sudo apt-get install --download-only kdbg on a box connected to…
biscuitduke
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How can I cache specific web pages for offline viewing?

I occassionally need to work offline by accident or design. I'd like to maintain a flexible list of web pages that I can cache for easy offline access. Notes: I'd like to simulate online browsing as closely as possible. So instructions on using…
lofidevops
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Download and install ubuntu packages and dependencies on a server without internet connection

I'm trying to download all packages and needed dependencies on a server with working internet connection and transfer them on server without internet connection and then install them via apt-get. I have two solutions to download packages: apt-get…
Adrijan
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Taking The Cores Offline

I have Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz × 8 process which has 4 physical cores and 4 logical cores. Most of the time i been on AskUbuntu, Watching videos, Basically no processor hungry stuff. So I was thinking to take cores offline but i have…
Qasim
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How can I browse Ubuntu Wiki offline?

I am accustomed to offline wiki browsing. I thought it would be great if I can read Ubuntu wiki in the same way. Is there anyway I can read Ubuntu Wiki offline? Help will be much appreciated if I can download Wiki dumps to my computer much like in…
Bharadwaj Srigiriraju
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Identify snap apps in the apt repository (before having them installed)

Since I am using my servers in an offline environment I usually mirror the ubuntu archive - works perfectly! Now shocking I found that chromium-browser is a snap app in U20.04 LTS. So it does not install unless you are really connected to the…
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How to run full text search on help pages offline (from Yelp / gnome-help or something other)?

I have both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed. I want to search for documentation and read it off-line (as it is included to the installed packages in /usr/share/help and other locations). As far I can understand it has three…
N0rbert
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Can I download .deb packages with their dependencies automatically?

I have a new Ubuntu 12.04 that's not connected to the internet. So I download .deb files into my phone and send it to my PC via USB cable. But the dependencies that are required are giving me a real headache. Take Aircrack as an example. When you…
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