Thank you guys, I couldn't see the wood for the trees. All working now.
Steve On Tuesday 10 December 2002 20:03, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2002 7:09 pm, Stephen Birch wrote: > > Perhaps this isn't documented? > > > > Could someone give an overview of how one creates the /dists... directory > > tree for a set of deb files? > > I think it depends on how many .deb files you have. If you want a mirror > of a large chunk of a debian distribution, then use apt-move, or apt-proxy. > If you have only a few files (for instance I have the 284 packages that > make up qt, kde and kdevelop) then proceed as follows > > 1) Create an override file. You can probably get one from a debian > archive, I build mine from hand - I decided to put all the packages in a > single subdirectory. I created mine in /var/www/debian (where my document > root for the web server is /var/www) > > If you want to create one by hand its very simple - each package goes on a > single line > > <package name> optional <subdir> > > Where "optional" is the actual text and is the priority of the package > (obviously if you want something different then change it) > > So a small part of my override file is ... > > amor optional kde > ark optional kde > arts-dev optional kde > artsbuilder optional kde > arts optional kde > cervisia optional kde > eyesapplet optional kde > fifteenapplet optional kde > flashkard optional kde > gideon-data optional kde > gideon-dev optional kde > gideon-doc optional kde > gideon optional kde > kaboodle optional kde > > ... > > (I don't think they have to be in alphabetical order - I just did it that > way) > > 2) Put all the debs into the appropriate subdir (in my case > /var/www/debian/kde ) > > 3) Run > > dpkg-scanpackages . override | gzip > Packages.gz > > 4) put the following into your /etc/apt/sources.list line > > deb http://www.yourdomain.com/debian/ ./ > > [ensure you have all the right / and . s] > > 5) apt-get update > > And then select the packages that you want. > (Note the order of your sources.list lines matter if the version numbers > from the debs in your archive and from other places are the same) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
