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  1. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will firstly determine which pre-installation required packages need to be downloaded:

    First we get the architecture:
    uname --m
    x86_64

    Then we check if tar package is installed:
    rpm -q tar.x86_64
    tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64
    # tar package is installed.
    # We will only consider downloading and installing it later if we find we are unable to unpack the Opmantek Installer Runfile.


    # Next we check if libnsl package is installed:
    rpm -q libnsl
    package libnsl is not installed
    # libnsl is not installed.


    # From the above checks on this disconnected (air-gapped) computer, we have ascertained that the following packages are needed:

    linbnsl



  2. Using the connected computer with same OS and Version we will now fetch the pre-installation required packages:

    # Navigate to a clean directory to download packages to
    mkdir -p /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages
    cd /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages/


    # Download each of the dependent packages:
    yumdownloader --resolve libnsl --archlist=x86_64

    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    epel/x86_64/metalink | 26 kB 00:00:00
    * base: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
    * epel: mirror.xeonbd.com
    * extras: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
    * updates: mirror.nsw.coloau.com.au
    base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00
    epel | 4.7 kB 00:00:00
    extras | 2.9 kB 00:00:00
    updates | 2.9 kB 00:00:00
    No Match for argument libnsl
    Nothing to download
    # At first sight it appears we don't need libnsl for the OS + Version we are running this example on.
    # If the Opmantek Installer Runfile fails to unpack we may need to download this package from an OS Repository that is not enabled by default.


    # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package.
    # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version.
    # The command to download tar package with dependencies is:
    yumdownloader --resolve tar --archlist=x86_64


    # Downloaded packages will now be in the current directory and ready for transferring to the disconnected (air-gapped) computer where they will be installed.
    ls -la

    -rw-rw-r--. 1 user user 865848 Nov 12 2018 tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64.rpm



  3. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will now install the downloaded required packages:

    # Install each of the downloaded required packages.
    # Since we don't have any package to install in this example we will install the tar package.
    # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version.
    sudo yum install tar-1.26-35.el7.x86_64.rpm


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  1. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will firstly determine which pre-installation required packages need to be downloaded:

    # We First we get the architecture:
    uname --m
    x86_64

    # Next we check if tar package is installed:
    type tar
    tar is /bin/tar
    # tar package is installed
    # We will only consider downloading and installing it later if we find we are unable to unpack the Opmantek Installer Runfile.


    # From the above checks on this disconnected (air-gapped) computer, we have ascertained that no packages are needed.
    # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package.
    # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version.


  2. Using the connected computer with same OS and Version we would now fetch the pre-installation required packages:

    # Navigate to a clean directory to download packages to
    mkdir -p /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages
    cd /tmp/omk_opXyz_packages/


    # Since we don't have any package to download in this example we will download the tar package.
    # We will assume for the purposes of this example that the tar package needs to be updated to a newer version.
    # The command to download tar package with dependencies is:
    apt-get download tar
    Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 tar amd64 1.29b-1.1 [759 kB]
    Fetched 759 kB in 2s (305 kB/s)


    # Downloaded packages will now be in the current directory and ready for transferring to the disconnected (air-gapped) computer where they will be installed:
    ls -la

    -rw-rw-r--. 1 user user 4463036 Apr 3 21:12 759354 Oct 31 2016 tar_1.29b-1.1_amd64.deb


  3. On the disconnected (air-gapped) computer we will now install the downloaded required packages:

    # Install each of the downloaded required packages, here using libacl1 as an example, even though it is not actually needed in this case:
    sudo apt-get install tar_1.29b-1.1_amd64.deb