Manually install extension on offline server

Hi,

we are using Foswiki on an server without internet connection.

We tried to manually install an extension but when running the _installer script, the system tried to download files from foswiki.org unsuccessfuly.

Is there a way to install extensions without internet connection. i.e. Downloading everything that is needed beforehand and install offline.

Thank you for your help.

-- MartenLucas - 16 Jan 2017

If you download the _installer file and the tgz file, and then respond "y" to use previously downloaded files, it should be able to install without more downloads.

-- GeorgeClark - 16 Jan 2017

Oops... Just noticed Foswiki 1.0.6 ... That's almost 7 years old. I have no idea if the offline installer was working back then. I doubt than many extensions are still compatible with that old release. I would not recommend installing anything modern. We definitely do not test that far back. At that point in time, install was commonly done with a simple unzip into the root of the foswiki install. The mapping of renamed web & topics was not functional as I recall, so there was not a big benefit to using an installer.

-- GeorgeClark - 16 Jan 2017