On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:10:36PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > moment, and I've tried adding file:/tmp to sources.list, but still no luck - I > think it's adding things like stable or main to the path.
Just use `dpkg -i filename.deb`. -- John Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open." - Sir James Dewar, Scientist (1877-1925)
