Edward C. Jones wrote: > I am installing Debian on a new hard drive I bought. I have a PC with > an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ chip. I installed Debian stable (4.0) amd64 > port. I updated it to unstable. I put "xv-doc_3.10a-1duo1_all.deb" and > "xv_3.10a-1duo+etch1_amd64.deb" into "/usr/local/src/debian". The file > /etc/apt/sources.list contains the line: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/ debian/ > > "apt-get install xv" failed. Does anyone know what I did wrong? > If all you want to do is install two packages, why not just run
dpkg -i <package_file> on each? To make your own local package repository, you need to do more than just specify the path to some .deb files in your sources.list. The repository itself has a structure that must be adhered to for apt to work properly. For example, check out http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ in your web browser. There are tools out there that'll let you build your own repository, but I've given you about the extent of my knowledge on the subject. --John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
