On 06/26/2021 10:11 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:20:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have a empty machine on which I've done a default install of
Debian 10.7.0 with MATE as my desktop. As I intend later to install some
non-Debian software I wanted a local repository. To have a known base to
start from I extracted the contents of dvd1.iso to a local directory.
My sources.list references it as:
deb [ Trusted=yes ] file:////home/richard/DVDs/dvd1/ buster main contrib
non-free
In Synaptic when I do Edit->Reload Package Information it responds:
The repository 'file://home/richard/DVDs/dvd1 buster Release' is not signed.
https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B%22synaptic%22%20%2B%22repository%22%20%2B%22not%20signed%22%20site%3Adebian.org
gives no useful information.
What do I do?
What should I have read?
TIA
Richard:
Maybe earlier messages on -user ? DVDs aren't normally signed repositories.
Various folk have suggested to you how to mount DVDs correctly and how to
use apt-cdrom to add the contents to apt.
Take the DVD, mount it, use apt-cdrom to index the contents and go from
there?
Synaptic may not be ideal: you might find that your use cases may be
better served by apt/aptitude which may allow you to better see what
you're doing.
This group keeps reading _INTO_ my questions things that aren't there.
I'm in my eight decade and was introduced to computers as an engineering
undergrad in early 60's, back when they had 12AX7's and 5U4's -- well
before 8080's. In the 80's I was writing 8080/8085 assembler code for
embedded systems. I did not get to really get to explore *PERSONAL*
computing (excluding a KIM, P.E.T., and Z80 based S100 systems) until I
retired.
Mantra du jour: "If retirement isn't for learning, what use is it!"
Back in 70's I got a job with a large mini-computer manufacturer
*BECAUSE* I had no interest in things "digital". My expertise was
analog! Old-enough timers might recognize ML5-5 as a significant mail stop.
mutter mutter mut...
