Re: What to do when not understanding man pages?
Yes, I meant apt-cdrom, actually what you're wanting to do is to make a
local mirror of a repository.
On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > The apt-cd package may help here.
>
> I don't find "apt-cd". Do you mean "apt-cdrom" which "is used to add a new
> CD-ROM to APT's list of available sources."
> I am NOT using the CDs/DVDs themselves. I have copied the contents to a hard
> disk partition for speed and convenience - not having high speed internet.
>
>
> > Also when searching for tutorials I
> > find it useful to append "tutorial OR howto" to google searches for
> > problems like this. The howtos get you into another probably useful
> > category.
>
> Been that route ;<
> https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository#dpkg-scanpackages_and_dpkg-scansources
> points to
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html
> which has two problems:
> 1. Its title labels it as "Obsolete Documentation"
> 2. I can't figure how to apply what it says to my case.
> It comes closer to my case than what I've found using Google to search for
> dpkg-scanpackages "tutorials"/"How-To".
>
>
> > On Tue, 5 Nov 2013, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > > Joe wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:55:10 -0600
> > > > Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > To borrow from the hardware world, man pages would correspond to
> > > > > Product Specification. What I'm looking for would correspond more
> > > > > with an Application Note.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think the magic word you want is 'tutorial'. You probably also want
> > > > to set time limits, as one of the most useless things in the world is
> > > > an obsolete tutorial. Man pages on the web are usually current.
> > > >
> > > > If you want something a bit unusual, such as an obscure freeRADIUS
> > > > application, you probably want to track down half a dozen tutorials,
> > > > and try to read between the lines. It's surprising how much can be left
> > > > out of a set of 'step-by-step' instructions, but different people
> > > > generally leave out different things.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think you just hit on why 'tutorials' did not come to mind. The Debian
> > > tutorials I've seen have another problem in my situation - taking the
> > > reader
> > > from one specific starting point to one specific end point. That normally
> > > is
> > > not a problem for the reader as start/end points are aimed at majority.
> > >
> > > My problem with the dpkg-scanpackages man pages is that I don't seem to be
> > > able to apply it correctly to my situation. I wish to have a local
> > > repository
> > > whose structure mimics the distribution DVDs.
> > >
> > > I have a partition dedicated to my local repository. It is mounted as
> > > /media/repo6 .
> > > {I'm working on my Squeeze machine at the moment. Eventually I'll dual
> > > boot
> > > Wheezy and Squeeze. Then I'll add another repository partition mounted as
> > > /media/repo7 etc.}
> > >
> > > Directory structure is:
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/contrib/binary-i386
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/contrib/binary-i386/release
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/main
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386/release
> > > /media/repo6/pool
> > > /media/repo6/pool/squeeze
> > > /media/repo6/pool/squeeze/contrib
> > > /media/repo6/pool/squeeze/contrib/... {directories containing deb
> > > files}
> > > /media/repo6/pool/squeeze/main
> > > /media/repo6/pool/squeeze/main/... {directories containing deb files}
> > >
> > > I need appropriate Packages.gz under
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/contrib/binary-i386
> > > and
> > > /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386 .
> > >
> > > I also need appropriate lines to add to sources.list
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
> > Avoid the Gates Of Hell, use Linux!
> >
> >
>
>
>
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