Using apt with downloaded deb
I've been trying to install debian 2.1 but not I?m not being very lucky.
Last time I tried, apt/dselect downloaded all the packages needed to
continue with the installation and started unpacking them but, then, I
run out of space in my root partition and the installation was aborted.
I copied the /var/cache/apt/archives contents to a available vfat/DOS
partition hopeful I would be able to use its contents later.
OK, I?m sending this message hoping that someone could tell me how I
would actually use this set of .deb now that I?ve re-installed debian
and have 'enough space left in device'. I tried to add the following
line to /etc/apt/sources.list (?)
'deb file:/mnt/dos/debian/archives'
that is pointing to the location of the set of .debs but it seems that
apt did't like of my idea. It also seems that a certain Packages.gz file
is supposed to be present in the directory were the .debs are but I
don?t know how to create one! I mean, I know that there is a dpkg-
utility for this task but neither its man page nor its usage message
were helpful to me at all.
Can anyone help me here?
TIA
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