On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 6:07 PM <jnq...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 17:46 +0100, Andreas Sachs wrote: > > Hello, > i want to use the live cd as a recovery cd. I need the package efibootmgr. > The package is not installed, but it is included in > /run/live/medium/pool/... . > > What's the preferred way to install the package? > > I already tried dpkg, but i got dependency problems (i don't want to > install all deoendencies manually). > I also tried adding the directory to sources.list, but the Release file is > missing. > > A internet connection doesn't exist. > > > try adding the disc to sources.list in the form: > > deb file:///media/mountpoint distro main contrib > > you can run apt-get with --allow-unauthenticated to get around > authentication issues > > you can also always build your own custom live disc with live-build with > your choice of additional packages bundled if you wish. >
Also, if you do a 'dpkg -i <package>, followed by 'apt-get -f install', it will typically install the missing dependencies correctly. Still, building a custom disc may actually be the easiest way to go in the long run. --j
