On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:22 am, Alexander Samad wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:30:18PM +1000, Roger Barnes wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Roger Barnes wrote: > > > > I think you need to point at a directory, not a particular
> package apt-move setups up the right structure > > > The debian-user thread below may provide some clues: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/11/msg00617.html > > > > Short of running dpkg-scanpackages, you may be stuck with using "dpkg -i" > > instead of "apt-get install" To set up a local debian cache of deb files that you've created or downloaded separately: # mkdir -p /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386 # cp *.deb /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386 # cd /usr/local/cache # dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-i386 /dev/null \ $ dists/local/local/binary-i386/Packages Then add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb file:/usr/local/cache local local http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Cache_Packages.shtml -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing 2/713 Pacific Hwy Gordon Australia 2072 Phone:+(61-2) 9418 4545 Fax:+(61-2) 9418 4348 Mob:+(61) 0414 618 425 http://www.nada.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
