On 8/5/05, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pinecone wrote: > > >On Wed, 2005-03-08 at 11:39 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi pinecone > >> Could you explain what a "harddrive file" is? There are various ways > >>to get a file from other computers (connected through lan or internet). > >>The choices that come to mind are http, ssh, scp, sftp etc., > >> > >>raju > >> > >> > >I mean a file sitting on my linux box hard drive, usually in a download > >subdirectory of my home directory. > > > >I download interesting packages like freemind from sourceforge. I then > >have a devil of a time trying to get Synaptic to locate it and proceed > >with an install - it wants to find a repository on the internet. The > >sources.list has an entry for a local file which starts like this > >file:///somename sarge main > > > >So I try to replicate this. The error repeatedly looks for extra > >subdirectories on the way to the package. It seems to be following a > >script. Very frustrating. So I now want to do it from the terminal in > >hopes of avoiding this apparent limitation with the gui. I'd like to end > >up with a listing in the applications menu of the gnome desktop or an > >icon on the desktop. > > > > > I am forwarding it to the list as others might be able to help you on > this issue. See apt howto. It explains clearly the procedure.
-- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042
