Re: working with apt-get

[Martin Roth <roth.martin@web.de>]

Tim schrieb:
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> Stephen Hargrove wrote:
> | dpkg -i /path/to/cdrom/file.name.deb
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> | On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 10:17, Douglas Kirkland wrote:
> |
> |>I have a .deb file from www.apt-get.org that I have burned on to a cd.
>  My
> |>laptop does not have a network connection yet. I am wondering howto use
> |>apt-get to get the file off the cd?  The cd is not a debian cd
> |>
> |>Thanks,
> |>
> |>Douglas
>
> Similar question:
>
> I have a CD containing packages from security.debian.org of the
> directory structure (eg)
>
> $ ls -l
> /cdrom/security.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/woody/non-US/main/binary-i386/ 
>
> total 221
> - -r--r--r--    1 root     root       180106 Jul 18  2002 Packages
> - -r--r--r--    1 root     root        44895 Jul 18  2002 Packages.gz
> - -r--r--r--    1 root     root          100 Jul 19  2002 Release
>
> How would I tell apt of the contents of this CD for updating of my
> installed packages?  Should I make a new CD from this one, with a
> different directory structure so apt-cdrom add will identify the packages?

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-local

> Thanks, Tim

mARTIn

> # apt-cdrom add
> Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/
> Unmounting CD-ROM
> Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter
> Mounting CD-ROM
> Identifying.. [a946068ac26c1f3a2c7e9da1163daa39-2]
> Scanning Disc for index files..  Found 0 package indexes and 0 source
> indexes.
> E: Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Debian Disc
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