Re: apt-get and 'deb file:\'
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:14:44 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Tom Schuetz wrote:
>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'.
I think you must be confusing something.
Use "dpkg -i <pkgname>.deb" to install a Debian archive at the specified
location.
>I've tried putting 'deb file:\home\tom' into sources.list, but I get a
"malformed sources.list" complaint.
We're not running DOS, but Unix, do we?! So at least use forward slashes...
>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?
Your PWD? You mean your CWD?
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