-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Redefined Horizons wrote: > It is almost 11:00 at night and I'm getting very frustrated, so please > bear with me. :] > > I'm having trouble getting APT to recognize debs on my hard drive, or > local file system. I can't understand what the problem is, since I had > the same repository system working on my Debian Sarge OS. (Now I'm on > Debian Etch.) > > I placed my debs in the /home/myuser/debs directory on my computer. > > I then ran the dpkg-scanpackags command, which sucessfully created the > Packages.gz file in /home/myuser/debs directory. > > I create the "deb file:/home/myuser debs/" line in my
Should there be 3 slashes after file: ? file:///home/myuser debs/ > /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > Synaptic can see the deb files after I use the "reload" button. (I > think I've done the same thing via APT on the terminal using the > "apt-get update" command.) > > However, when I try to install any of the debs that are in the local > repository from Synaptic or the command line I get error messages > telling me that the packages can't be found. > > I've been beating my head against the wall trying to figure this out, > and my search online was fruitless. I know I could use "dpkg -i" to > install the packages directly from the directory with the debs, but > I'd like to get APT working with the local repository the way it > should. > > I would really appreciate any ideas on how to resolve this. As a last > resort I will reinstall the operating system and hope this undoes > whatever I've managed to mess up or miss configure. > > Thanks for the help. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEvdcJS9HxQb37XmcRAiErAKDpdAS3owmy/oSmmPSatrVpOxCUCwCgkHl9 fC/pD8XC0tIQn+SQPh5gJ+I= =jMuO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
