On Wednesday 09 January 2002 04:49 pm, Nicholas Avenell wrote: > Okay, A simple question, for which a simple answer would be appreciated: > > I am looking for a simple, step by set guide to turning a directory > full of .deb files into something I can access with a sources.list entry. > > In this case, /var/cache/apt/archives/. > > it's currently set up as an nfs share accross the network, which is > sub-optimal. I can work out how to get at it via ftp or http, but I've > no idea how to make it able to be seen via an sources.list file.
use dselect. the first option is the access menu which lets you select amongst a variety of sources including a non-mounted nfs server.
