Distribute Updates with a USB Drive

What is this guide for?

Once you have downloaded updates to one computer, you can use a USB drive to transfer them to other offline machines.

1. Prepare the USB Drive

First, sync the latest components from your local machine to the USB drive. This command copies the admin and desktop components, which are the most common ones needed for a USB update.

# List connected drives to identify your USB
lsblk

# Run the sync command (replace /dev/sdX with your USB device)
tl-usb-update-components /dev/sdX

2. Update Another Computer

Once the USB is prepared, you can use it to update another computer’s desktop OS.

Launch the USB Updater

Insert the prepared USB drive into the destination computer.
Open the application menu and search for “Manage Components”.
In the application, select Update → Update Desktop (Using USB).
Choose your USB drive from the list that appears.

Complete the Update

The system will handle the update process automatically. Once it is finished, press Y to reboot the computer, or reboot it manually.

Manually Installing from USB

You can also install components manually from the USB.

Mount the USB drive.
The components will be available in the /mnt directory (e.g., /mnt/admin, /mnt/desktop).
Follow the standard installation guide using the files from the /mnt path.

Desktop