Re: GLUG: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote:
> How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate Packages & Release files and directory structure. apt-move doesn't like ftp.is.co.za 's dir structure and just generally seemed not to work. dpkg-scanpackages requires me to create a override file ... lots of manual work and faulty.
> Do I use some other tool ? and will it pick up and use the correct files for dependencies?
Grab .deb with your normal ftp client and then do a
dpkg --install package.deb
The frontends etc will not be able to work without the
package list.
Mmm, dpkg-ftp might also help you -- but never tried it.
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