Installing "debs" from file

["Emil H" <deb-list@linuxmail.org>]

Hi,

I know this is probobly a simple problem but I can't
get past it.

I have downloaded a deb file (xv picture viewer) and
want to install it.
What is the process?

What I have tried is:
1) placed the deb under /root/debs/dists/testing/
non-free/binary-i386/Packages
2) adding a "file" entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb file:/root/debs testing non-free
3) running apt-get update

I don't know if the testing and non-free part is
correct, it's just my guess. Wrong?

But apt can't find my deb file. Says that the target
is a directory?

Where should I place my own debs, under what
structure and how should the sources.list look like?

/Emil
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