Re: can't install from a local repository
> Forgot to mention that I got this after doing apt-get update:
>
> Ign file: binary/ Release
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>
> I thought that the first line might have been ok because I'm not doing
> any pinning. Maybe that was a bad assumption.
>
> apt-cache policy spinelli revealed:
>
> spinelli:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: (none)
> Version Table:
>
> I'm not sure why this is because doing a apt-ftppackage package results
> in this in the packages.gz
>
>
> Package: spinelli
> Priority: optional
> Section: unknown
> Installed-Size: 437
> Maintainer: unknown <ewinger@keyww.com>
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 0.9
> Filename: ./spinelli_0.9_i386.deb
> Size: 131164
> MD5sum: 9ef6eb14c9b242b5c76dbcd739a1034b
> Description: <insert up to 60 chars description>
> <insert long description, indented with spaces>
>
>
> which has version 0.9
>
> Eric
>
>
> Christopher Curtis wrote:
>
>> Eric Winger wrote:
>> > But when I do a
>> > apt-get install spinelli (spinelli is my package)
>> >
>> > I get this message.
>> > E: Package spinelli has no installation candidate
>>
>> I assume the 'apt-get update' succeeded;
>> Try apt-cache policy spinelli
>>
>> Also - look at your packages file and make sure the File: header
>> points to the correct .deb on your server. This should be pretty easy
>> to track down using just a web browser.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
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What does the tree structure of your repository look like (where are the
packages , where is Packages.gz etc ) and where do you point to in
/etc/apt/sources.list ?
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