On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:29:45PM +0000, Alexis Huxley wrote: > > I've got a collection of a bunch of debian packages. They're not organized in any > > way, just a directory full of .debs. How can I make apt recognize this > > repository? I tried adding > > > > deb file:/home/dh/download/debian/ > > > > to the apt-sources file, but of course apt balks at this as it is "malformed" > > because it doesn't have the sections listed after the directory. The > > .debs come from all sorts of sections of the official debian distro. How can I > > make this work? > > Look at > http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/STABLE/advocacy/ahdg/ahdg/node4.html#SECTION00450000000000000000 > and > http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/STABLE/advocacy/ahdg/ahdg/node2.html#SECTION00242000000000000000
Or another possibility. deb file:/home/dh/download debian/ You can create the required Packages file with apt-ftparchive (and prob. other tools too.) -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]