The quick answer: Don't use apt for those packages. Use "dpkg -i *.deb"
in the directory with those packages.
The long answer:
apt-get is for use with archives of debian packages, where you want to
install a package, and want all of the other packages that it depends on
to be installed automatically. As such, apt-get requires that
/etc/apt/sources.list contains valid URLs (either ftp: file: or http: or
any combination) that can be resolved so that a "Packages" and a "Release"
file can be found. The Packages file contains a list of packages
available on the given archive, and that's what you are missing in you
local directory. Generating it uses "dpkg --scanpackages" I think, but I
can't remember off the top of my head.
My question is why aren't you just using a apt-getable archive to install
your X windows environment? That's a heck of a lot easier, and you don't
have to resolve the dependencies by hand.
Hold on, I just re-red your post... why are you giving us a windows
directory struction (linux doesn't use drive letters)? Are the files
located on a windows partition? If so, you're first going to have to
mount that partition under linux before you can even get to the files, and
the path certainly won't look like h:/...
So, please give us some details on where you're comming from. Maybe the
non-comment lines from /etc/apt/sources.list would be usefull, and what
packages you want to install.
On Friday 08 June 2001 02:21 pm, Dr. Raju wrote:
> hi,
> i recently tried to setup debian on my PC. Stuff worked fine and i have
> a text mode system working, however i have not been able to setup x
> windows properly.
> the problem is , when i try dselect , it does not give me the option of
> using the hdd where my files are kept.i have not yet understood how to
> give a path to access these files via the apt prog. using the "file:"
> tag. for example, how should the path look if my files are in
> h:\debian\dists\potato\main\binary-i386/<required dir>
> another thing, the files i downloaded do not contain any subdirectories
> called "stable" "frozen" etc etc, all the deb files are in the
> directory mentioned above.
>
> Also , is there any graphical kind of utility to do the configuration(
> like dbootstrap and the initial installation program)
> Any help regarding the above problems will be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanking you,
>
> Ashwin
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