On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:55:57PM +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > Can anyone point out to me the correct directory structure for a > Debian software base, or more precisely a way to build the structure > from 7 installation iso9660 images? What I previously tried was > simply to copy them all to the same folder (and see what happens). > But that apparently wasn't it: I had a long chat with dselect about > where I thought my Package files, my contrib, my main, my non-US and > so on would be, and it found a fair part of the huge pile of > packages, but not everything. > > I also experimented with different directory contents a bit, and now > it's broken. :-) I have taken fresh encouragement of the fact that I > know what is fundamentally wrong with my setup, and with plenty of hd > space to fool iso files and their contents around on, I'd really like > to see the basic floor plan that will really get me started.
Take a look at apt-move and debarchiver. Remember, with debian, if it's at all useful somebody has probably already figured it out. apt-cache search is your friend :) -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)
