Re: apt-get and broken CD layouts
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 04:16:10PM +, Marc Haber wrote: Hi! When I was new to debian, I made a hamm CD that is severely broken in its directory structure. # ls /mnt/cdrom binary-i386 disks-i386 upgrade-i386 # ls /mnt/cdrom/binary-i386 Packages. Packages.gz devel hamradio net tex doc ... So, binary-i386 is complete. My /etc/apt/sources.list says deb file:/mnt/cdrom/binary-i386/ / apt-get update works, but (for example) apt-get install joe tries to install from /mnt/cdrom/binary-i386/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/editors/joe_2.8-10.deb which clearly does not exist. Which line do I need in sources.list for my broken cd? First create /mnt/main and then mount there CD. And in mnt create links dists, stable and frozen pointing to main. In /etc/apt/sources.list put this: deb file://localhost/mnt stable main This way everything should work as expected. -- o--o ___ |Leszek Gerwatowski|_/_|_\ o--o (o\__/o)=) The day Micro$oft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners
Re: apt-get and broken CD layouts
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:22:43 +0100, you wrote: First create /mnt/main and then mount there CD. And in mnt create links dists, stable and frozen pointing to main. In /etc/apt/sources.list put this: deb file://localhost/mnt stable main This way everything should work as expected. This way, I'd basically create a directory tree that does look like a non-broken CD. I see, this might be the only way to get apt-get to work on that CD. Thanks for your comments. Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber |Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG Rightful Heir | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Re: apt-get and broken CD layouts
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 10:49:22AM +, Marc Haber wrote: On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:22:43 +0100, you wrote: First create /mnt/main and then mount there CD. And in mnt create links dists, stable and frozen pointing to main. In /etc/apt/sources.list put this: deb file://localhost/mnt stable main This way everything should work as expected. This way, I'd basically create a directory tree that does look like a non-broken CD. Yes, it was my intention. :-) Small errata: links dists, stable and frozen should point to actual directory (/mnt) not to main! Simply dists---. , stable---. , frozen---. And apt looks into /mnt/dists/stable/main and it will look in fact into /mnt/main as it should in your case. Link frozen is sometimes needed by apt-get so you should also create it. I see, this might be the only way to get apt-get to work on that CD. I think so. I've used it to get apt-get to work with my strange slink mirror. -- o--o ___ |Leszek Gerwatowski|_/_|_\ o--o (o\__/o)=) The day Micro$oft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners
apt-get and broken CD layouts
Hi! When I was new to debian, I made a hamm CD that is severely broken in its directory structure. # ls /mnt/cdrom binary-i386 disks-i386 upgrade-i386 # ls /mnt/cdrom/binary-i386 Packages. Packages.gz devel hamradio net tex doc ... So, binary-i386 is complete. My /etc/apt/sources.list says deb file:/mnt/cdrom/binary-i386/ / apt-get update works, but (for example) apt-get install joe tries to install from /mnt/cdrom/binary-i386/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/editors/joe_2.8-10.deb which clearly does not exist. Which line do I need in sources.list for my broken cd? Any hints will be appreciated. Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber |Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG Rightful Heir | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Re: apt-get and broken CD layouts
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Marc Haber wrote: apt-get update works, but (for example) apt-get install joe tries to install from /mnt/cdrom/binary-i386/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/editors/joe_2.8-10.deb which clearly does not exist. Which line do I need in sources.list for my broken cd? Any hints will be appreciated. You can try the experimental APt v3, it will need the slink base libraries to run but it is able to deal with these sort of cds. Run apt-cdrom add Make sure that your cdrom is mountable on /cdrom/ and that it is unmounted : It will add a new entry to your sources.list and magically fix the package files. (hopefully) You can grab it from http://www.debian.org/~jgg, the one with the date as the version number. Jason
