RE: apt-get and 'deb file:\'

["Kurc, Marcin A." <makurc@cooperstandard.com>]

you are talking about dpkg -i foo.deb
not apt-get

Marcin Kurc
CAD Systems Administrator
Cooper-Standard Automotive 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:schuetz@mind.net]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:15 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: apt-get and 'deb file:\'


I used to have debian 2.2 installed on one box, and at that time I was able
to 'apt-get install foo.deb', where 'foo.deb' was   any file I'd just put
into my working directory. The directory didn't was never mentioned in
'sources.list'. 

Now, I'm working on a different machine, still 2.2, and when I do 'apt-get
./foo.deb', it goes through it's database check, but then says "could not
find package". 

I've tried putting 'deb file:\home\tom' into sources.list, but I get a
"malformed sources.list" complaint.

I've also R'd the FM, and now, as a last resort, I appeal to debian-user.
What do I need to do to install a deb that's sitting in my PWD?

Thanks.


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Tom Schuetz   |   schuetz@mind.net


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