Re: Can apt access a local cdrom?
Anthony Campbell wrote:
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>
> No, I already tried this and it doesn't work. It gives "unable to state
> /cdrom/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz"
>
> The problem seems to be that the file structure on my cdrom is
> /debian/main/binary-i386/. Stable is a link to /debian/main. This doesn't
> seem to be what apt-get wants, and I don't seem to be able to tell it what
> to do.
>
A quick solution is to use the absolute path as in:
deb file:/cdrom/debian main/binary-i386/
deb file:/cdrom/debian contrib/binary-i386/
etc.
Note the trailing slash after the binary-i386. This indicates an absolute
path. Apt will look for: /cdrom/debian/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz etc.
See man sources.list(5).
John.
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