Lourens replying to Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently switched over to Debian/Sarge from Redhat 9.0. This
> is at my home where my pc has an internet connection. I had
> downloaded the first few iso images using jigdo, installed from them,
> then over the past few months, installed/upgraded several packages
> using apt-get.
>
> I want to do the same at my office pc which currently runs Redhat
> 9.0. However we do not have internet access at office, so I am
> uncertain as to the best way to install debian at office. I have at
> home all the packages apt-get ever downloaded.
>
> I think there would be some simple solution to this, but could not
> find any.
>
> Firstly, is there any way to build a list of packages installed on my
> machine at home which includes the source from which the package was
> installed?
>
> Second, is there a way by which I can add a directory of .deb files
> to the apt sources.list?
Yes.
Follow the instructions in the APT HOWTO, section "2.2 How to use APT
locally"
Simply:
- as root
# mkdir /home/debs
- copy your debs into /home/debs/
- in /home
# touch override ##creates empty file
# dpkg-scanpackages debs override | gzip > debs/Packages.gz
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb file:/home debs/
- # apt-get update
Should you later add debs to /home/debs, simply re-run
# dpkg-scanpackages debs override | gzip > debs/Packages.gz
# apt-get update
HTH.
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