Re: Using apt

["der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com>]

Am 12. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Jamie Wood so:

> 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?
> 
> 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.

I'd think you could just copy all the debs to /var/cache/apt/archives/ and
apt will count them as downloaded :).

After putting them in there try "apt-get install <package>" for some package
you've copied.

ciao,

der.hans
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