Re: Installing a single .deb file
Doh! forgot a step :0
On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 11:56 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 13:47 +0000, Michael Sry wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have got a single .deb file that I have downloaded, that I want to install
> > and that it is not in the package list in apt! Does any one know an easy
> > way to install it?
>
> Maybe not so easy to start with, but handier in the long run:
>
> 1. Create a directory to keep stray debs in.
>
> 2. Create a small shell script (scan), drop it into that directory:
> #! /bin/bash
> dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz
2a. Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list
# my debs
deb file:[path_to_stray_deb_directory] ./
> 3. Drop the new deb in the stray deb directory.
>
> 4. cd to the stray deb directory and run './scan' .
>
> 5. Run apt-get/aptitude update
>
> You can now manage your stray debs using apt-get/aptitude.
>
> For any new deb, just repeat 3, 4 and 5.
>
>
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