One small thought.. Use dpkg -i <full path and name of binary you wish to install>
Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com ----- Original Message ----- From: V_Suresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [LIH][OT] [Info] GNOME 2.0 > > Quoting *Sayamindu Dasgupta* - Day# 204, 2002: > > > can anyone tell me how i can download these binaries for debian. i mean, > > apt-get is not possible thru a dial up :( > > i plan to get the binaries thru a university line, burn it on a cd, and > > bring it to my box and install it there > > how can i do this ?? > > Once the CD is ready, put it in the drive, type > > #apt-cdrom add > > which will update /etc/sources.list with your CD as a source. > And also edit /etc/sources.list to make sure there aren't other sources > like ftp.debian.org. Just comment those lines. > > Now, you can do '#apt-get install <whatever>' to install > whatever packages you want. They'd be installed from the CD. It's that > easy. :) > > HTH > > -- > > V.Suresh > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
