On 26/06/2021 15:20, 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?
"man sources.list" will give you the format of the "deb ..." line. In particular, it will tell you that the command for setting a repository to trusted is "trusted", rather than "Trusted". Computers can be a little TOO literal at times. > TIA > >
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