Package: apt-offline Version: 1.5
The apt-offline man pages conclude with : NOTE: On a freshly installed box, that was installed without the network, the package database is null. In that case, you first need to run apt-offline with just the --update option to ensure that you have a meaningful package database However, if one tries to follow these instructions, this happens: $ sudo apt-offline --update usage: apt-offline [-h] [--verbose] [--simulate] [-v] {set,get,install} ... apt-offline: error: too few arguments The "freshly installed box" (a Beagle Bone Black) does have a seeded /var/lib/apt/lists (with *_Packages, *_Packages.gz, *_Release, *_Release.gpg, and *_Translation-en files).