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[Shannon Menkveld <smenkveld@DIGIRAD.com>]

I am really confused...  I downloaded several .deb packages from
ftp.debian.org on my machine at work, and burned them to a CD-RW to take
home.  I copied the files to a directory /home/Backups/debian, and added a
line to /etc/apt/apt.sources:

	deb file://home/Backups/debian/

According to the apt.sources man page, this should work.  However, when I
try to apt-get install one of the packages in that directory, I get a error
that apt-get cannot find the file Packages.something (not sitting in front
of the Debian box, so I'm not sure about the extension).  What is this file,
what is in it, and how do I build one? 
 
	More generally, how do I configure apt-get to use this directory as
a repository for .deb packages.  I want this to be the directory where I
store the packages I download, and of course, I want to be able to
install packages that I download.  I tried the apt documentation, but I
think I am running into the famous "assumed knowledge" problem common to
much Linux documentation.  I am brand new to Debian, having spent the last 2
years in the rpm world, and understanding the documentation is sometimes
difficult.  What obvious, really stupid, newbie thing am I missing here?

Thanks,
--Shannon