Re: Using apt

["Lamer" <evil@linuxhall.org>]

Calvin "Lamer"
Email: evil@debian.org.hk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Wood" <andrew.wood@ic.ac.uk>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: Using apt


> Hi - I'm a little confused by apt and wonder how I can best make use of
> it...
>
> Basically I can download packages for free from work and then bring them
> home on ZIP to my computer there. What is the best way of maintaining an
> archive on the computer that has all the deb files?

simply speaking, mirroring.

>
> I currently have a directory /usr/local/src/debs but I can't make an entry
> in /etc/apt/sources.list that will make dselect automatically see this
> directory as a source.... Any ideas would be appreciated.

file:/

you have to make the directory structure (e.g. dist/potato/whatever..)

>
> Cheers,
>
> Jamie
>
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