On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:42:18AM +0100, mi wrote: > Hello all. > > I asked a friend to ftp and burn down openoffice for woody from > deb ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/packages/openoffice-debian woody main > contrib > > - the only 'url' i knew. I wasn't sure what exactly is needed, though. > Now i've got a cd here with the following: > Two Packages-files located at > cdrom/woody/main/binary-i386/contrib/Packages.gz > and > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /main/Packages.gz > originating from this source-tree: > >ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/packages/openoffice-debian/dists/woody/contrib/binary-i386 > > and > ftp://~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~main/binary-i386 > > The 'contrib Packages.gz' contains the description for the package > <openoffice.org 1.0.1-6> with > > 'filename: pool/openoffice.org/openoffice.org_1.0.1-6_all.deb' > > where the 'main' one is for <debhelper> with the filename > 'pool/main/debhelper/debhelper_4.0.2.openoffice_all.deb' > ( sounds like the right package for now....;-) > > There's no further 'Packages' or 'Packages.gz' on cd. > > Then there are the binaries. This deb-files are in cdrom/openoffice-org. > Looking up their original source i found > >ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/packages/openoffice-debian/pool/contrib/openoffice.org/ > > I got a little confused about it. > It's quite a bunch of stuff. > Are there all 'control files' apt needs to install ? > And how to proceed ? The cd-tree isn't in the right form, probably. > But what then would it be ? > Or can i tune apt to find things on CD anyway ? > Perhaps i should create a local repository. But i didn't find a detailed > description how to do that yet. > So what exactly is the 'physically' file path apt will accept ? > Whrere to place the binaries, whrere the Packages.gz > (if that's really enough...). How to set up sources.lst then. > And what about the implied 'filename' paths ? I guess i have to change them. > > > I hope this is quite a debian question, this time.... > any help greatly appreciated !
Not entirely sure what you want to do here. You have a CD-ROM and you want to add it to your list of apt sources? You can do this with apt-cdrom add -d=/cdrom (make sure the CD is in the drive!!! :-) ) Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
