How to install julia packages offline

Question

I'd like to use Julia on a computer which is disconnected from the Internet. Is there simple procedure to download a package and then install it offline?

Answer 1

Surely, its possible.

Pkg.dir() # => get you the package installation path

check the pkg.julialang.org/ address to get the right package and click on its github link, then you can download a zip archive from github.com and extract it into Pkg.dir()
BUT you may taking yourself into trouble
because you must do many optional things manually, e.g.:

• rename folder to remove .jl
• build steps
• install all related packages

I think a better way is to install Pkgs on a connected machine and then copy Pkg.dir() contents from that machine, to your system. this approach would works well only if both machines are of the same architecture (cpuX os julia-version).