On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:20:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a empty machine on which I've done a default install of > Debian 10.7.0 with MATE as my desktop. As I intend later to install some > non-Debian software I wanted a local repository. To have a known base to > start from I extracted the contents of dvd1.iso to a local directory. > > My sources.list references it as: > > deb [ Trusted=yes ] file:////home/richard/DVDs/dvd1/ buster main contrib > > non-free > > In Synaptic when I do Edit->Reload Package Information it responds: > > The repository 'file://home/richard/DVDs/dvd1 buster Release' is not signed. > > > https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B%22synaptic%22%20%2B%22repository%22%20%2B%22not%20signed%22%20site%3Adebian.org > gives no useful information. > > What do I do? > What should I have read? > TIA > >
Richard: Maybe earlier messages on -user ? DVDs aren't normally signed repositories. Various folk have suggested to you how to mount DVDs correctly and how to use apt-cdrom to add the contents to apt. Take the DVD, mount it, use apt-cdrom to index the contents and go from there? Synaptic may not be ideal: you might find that your use cases may be better served by apt/aptitude which may allow you to better see what you're doing. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater
