On 0, Emil H <deb-list@linuxmail.org> wrote: > 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 None of the above. You need to either create your own local mirror using apt-move, and then add that to sources.list, or: dpkg -i /path/to/your/.deb Regards Tom > 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 -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - Albert Einstein Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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