On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 07:28:15AM -0700, ktt wrote: > I copied ETCH install cd content to a directory, > but the line in etc/apt/sources.list > > deb file:///ETCH/1 binary/ > > doesn't work: > > apt-get update > > Failed to fetch file:///ETCH/1/binary/Packages > File not found > W: Couldn't stat source package list 'file: binary/ Packages' > (/var/state/apt/lists/_ETCH_1_binary_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or > directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones > used instead. > > How could I manage that problem?
man dpkg-scanpackages
From the synopsis:
dpkg-scanpackages [options] binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] >
Packages
So, by running dpkg-scanpackages, you can generate the packages file
which can be used by APT when you do apt-get update.
HTH.
Kumar
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