I am trying to get apt to work installing .deb files from a local directory. I have no packages list and I cannot seem to figure out how to make the FILE: uri stem work. I guess the problem is that they are just sitting there so I say:
deb file:/dosc/zips/debs in my /etc/apt/sources.list. But I get a parse error. I guess I need something for the distribution etc. Any ideas. BTW, anyone looking for some great gui tools for working with .debs, try gnome-apt. I love it. If only I could edit my sources.list in it :-> Andrew MacKenzie
