How to Download Only Package With Dependencies on Ubuntu 22.04

Downloading Packages

1. 2. Downloading pkgdownload

   Download pkgdownload for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

   Get pkgdownload .sh for Ubuntu

   pkgdownload for Ubuntu

   Especially relevant: Right-Click on the Raw Content and Choose “Save Page as…“!

2. 3. Installing pkgdownload

   Then to Set up pkgdownload on Ubuntu
   First, Access the Target, usually in the Downloads folder:

   cd && cd Downloads

   To Check it’s there List the contents with:

   ls . | grep pkgdownload

   The grep Command Refine the output List showing only the entries Matching the Keyword.
   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Then give Execution Permission:

   chmod +x ./pkgdownload*

   Again set ownership to the root User with:

   sudo chown root:root ./pkgdownload*

   Finally, to Setup pkgdownload:

   sudo mv ./pkgdownload* /usr/local/bin/pkgdownload

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
   Finally, to Test the Setup play:

   which pkgdownload

   Thanks to Wick3rman Work!

3. 4. Downloading Packages

   Finally, to Download Package with Dependencies
   The General Form is:

   pkgdownload [MYPACKAGE]

   So for instance:

   pkgdownload broadcom-sta-dkms

   The Command take only the First, Argument, so for Multiple Packages you have to Loop it.
   And the Downloaded Packages are after automatically Compressed into a tar.gz Archive to facilitate the transfer.