On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 04:48:07PM -0500, Tom Goulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 3/20/08, Michael Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Debian Etch now has over 30 CD's. I'm bored with CD swapping every > > time I want to install a new package. Is it possible to merge the CD's > > to my hard drive and direct APT or DPKG to use the hard drive instead > > of all the CD's when installing new packages? What would the be the > > easiest way to do this? > > mount /cdrom > cp -R /cdrom . > umount /cdrom > > Repeat. > > You can use dpkg directly on the archives, of course, but you can also > tell APT to use a > file:/ resource in /etc/apt/sources.list. See man sources.list for > more information.
You'll also want to run "apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages" so that you can see all the .debs at once. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
