Debian package system; some questions :)

["I.J.W. Wever" <I.J.W.Wever@student.tnw.tudelft.nl>]

Hi list,

I've recently installed Debian2.2r5 from a mounted file system
(my windows disk): /mnt/hda5/dl/Linux/dists

In that directory I have directories /stable and /potato, which are identical
and both contain all available binaries for a 386 system (for some reason
the install program seemed to need this). I've been playing around with
dselect somewhat, always using that location as source.

I downloaded the .debs for Kernel2.4.18, glibc2.2.5, and XFree4.1.0 and
want to install these. Now my question: Where is the best place to put them,
how can I easily add them to the dselect 'source path' and do these package
have inherent dependencies that ensure me that the previous kernel, glibc
and Xfree are uninstalled?

sincerely,

Ivo Wever
I.J.W.Wever@student.tnw.tudelft.nl