RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi,
well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to
download there than at home.
what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then
tie into the connection at work and ...
(maybe one day)
thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is
one cool proggy!
mw
-----Original Message-----
From: Levi Waldron [mailto:ledawa@softhome.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:38 PM
To: Wathen, Metherion
Cc: Debian-User (E-mail)
Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Just curious, why did you make up a CD of .debs and other programs, as
opposing to installing directly from a debian online source using apt (ie,
apt-get install package-name? If you don't know what I'm talking about,
fess
up and we'll point you in the right direction. The easiest way to install
debs directly from your cd would be:
mount /cdrom
dpkg -i /cdrom/packagename.deb
For non-deb files,
alien /cdrom/packagename.tar.gz
will convert it to a deb to be installed as above.
On November 26, 2002 02:53 pm, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> Thanks,
> What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie
> but I'm transferring from the windows world).
> I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can
> offer is appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> mw.
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