On 10 Jun 2003 Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings. I am trying to add a directory to the list of sources for APT > to use for installing deb packages. > > The dirctory is > /home/skippi/0data/backup/debian30/debian > > I have been using the APT HOWTO. In section 2.2 it tells me to use > dpkg-scanpackages to create a Packages.gz file. I did that and it worked > fine, but when I try to add the directory to my sources.list it will not > work. It tells me there is an error in line 10 (the line I'm adding). > > I am adding > > deb file:/home/skippi/0data/backup/debian30/debian > > Evidently either this is wrong, or I am missing a step. Can anyone > enlighten me?
The way to specify a local packages archive in /etc/apt/sources.list is deb file:<directory the local archive is in>/ <name of local archive>/ (note the space and the trailing /'s) so, in your case: deb file:/home/skippi/0data/backup/debian30/ debian/ Learned this from a little manual that came with my first set of Debian cd's. I don't know where it is in the official documentation. Ben -- B.F.M. Kal Anjelierstraat 1, 2014 TC Haarlem, Netherlands tel +31 23 5324909, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
