On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:25:18PM -0500, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 08:07:32AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 11:12:16AM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I would like to install some selfmade or downloaded packages on my > > >> system using apt or aptitude. These are packages, which are > > >> experimental or 3rd-party (like my printer driver), and which is no > > >> repository for. > > >> > > >> All packages are installable with dpkg -i by hand, and all packages > > >> shall reside in a special directory (i.e. /var/cache/apt/archive2/ ). > > >> > > >> How must be the syntax in /etc/apt/sources.list ? I suppose, it is > > >> something like > > >> > > >> deb file:///var/cache/apt/archive2/ ./ > > > > do a man sources.list > > > > > > their example is > > deb file:/home/jason/debian stable main contrib non-free > > There is a reqiurement to prepare some kind of index, I believe. I'm > not sure of the details, but there's a utilitu that does this. there are a couple, the one i use is reprepro but this is for publishing on a ftp or http access (can be used for local file reps as well). I think you can get rid of the stable main contrib non-free and use ./ > > -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany" - George W. Bush 05/05/2006 Washington, DC
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