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It is possible to install Magic Collaboration Studio without internet access, provided that the prerequisite packages are available locally. Access to a locally-managed repository server is a recommended for offline installation. Linux packages often have dependencies that are pulled and installed automatically when connecting to a repository. Manual download of Linux packages may require a trial-and-error process of retrieving dependencies.

Access to repository server

If you have access to a locally-managed repository server, go through the installation sections and download all prerequisite packages listed. Edit the installation scripts and replace all hyperlinks with local path to the downloaded package. Finally, execute the installation script. The local repository server will resolve all packages and dependencies needed during installation.

Manual installation

If your only option is to manually install all packages needed, then you will need to first download all the prerequisite packages from a machine with internet access. Then, as each package is installed, you will need to make a note of the dependencies required. This will be an iterative process in order to find all the dependencies that are needed to complete the installation.

To prepare for manual installation, an internet-accessible machine is initially needed to download all the required packages. This machine should mirror the environment of the deployment server. A mirrored environment will accurately resolve package dependencies. Use the DNF Download Plugin (dnf-plugins-core) to retrieve packages.

sudo dnf download –resolve <package-name>

The command structure above will download the main package and any dependencies that is required. Dependencies are dictated by the Linux environment. If the deployment server has a very different Linux environment than the download machine, then resolving package dependencies can be a tedious process.