Re: Installing packages from source with apt
On 2003-11-11 06:55:36 +0800, csj wrote:
> You might try creating your own apt archive. An apt archive is just a
> directory (or subdirectories) full of debs. To make them visible
> to apt you create an index file called Packages (or gzipped to
> Packages.gz) using a command like "dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null >
> Packages". Your apt source might then look like:
>
> deb file:/my-apt-archive/ ./
>
> Put this file:// source before any http:// sources and apt will
> look at this before attempting to download from the Net.
Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.
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