On 12 Jul 2001, at 12:03, Jamie Wood wrote: > Hi - I'm a little confused by apt and wonder how I can best make use of > it... > > Basically I can download packages for free from work and then bring them > home on ZIP to my computer there. What is the best way of maintaining an > archive on the computer that has all the deb files? > > I currently have a directory /usr/local/src/debs but I can't make an entry > in /etc/apt/sources.list that will make dselect automatically see this > directory as a source.... Any ideas would be appreciated.
Hi Jamie there are several options ( to insure I got this right read "info dpkg" and "info apt-get") anyway when I transfer a deb to my linux partition I use "dpkg -iR <path to where deb is located>" If you have the deb in the proper folder you can "apt-get install <package name>" (don't include version number or deb extension) hth Dean > > Cheers, > > Jamie > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Jamie Wood > Imperial College > London > SW7 2AZ > 020 75895111 x58613 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.bigfoot.com/~a.j.wood > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
