Re: KDE install from a directory
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:20:21PM +0000, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> I am new to Debian. Just installed potato, and want to put KDE2.1. I
> have all the KDE deb packages from kde.debian.net in a directory
> /data/KDE.
>
> How should I put this path into my /etc/apt/sources.list for
> installing KDE from there (and not directly from the internet)?
>
> I want to do "apt-get install kdebase task-kde" to do this...
>
> Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
>
Apparently you have root, so... don't mess with apt if you already have
them downloaded, and don't intend to setup a private mirror.
Simple answer, use dpkg -i $PATH_TO_DEBS/$DEB_NAME_IN_FULL
HTH
Gordon Sadler
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