Re: Can't get APT to work on local files.

2004-09-12 Thread Steven Satelle
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:54:19 -0700 (PDT), Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "To use the packages, finally, add: > > > > deb file:/root debs/ > > " > > > > NB that there in no '#' here...does that mean to > > "add" > > that line to somethi

Re: Can't get APT to work on local files.

2004-09-12 Thread Eric Dickner
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "To use the packages, finally, add: > > deb file:/root debs/ > " > > NB that there in no '#' here...does that mean to > "add" > that line to something else? OK, the debian refernce manual was much more clear. That line above should say: "To use

Can't get APT to work on local files.

2004-09-12 Thread Eric Dickner
I can't seem to get apt-get to see some .deb files I have copied to the hard drive. I followed the instructions given in the APT HOWTO exactly but they don't seem to be very well written, at least in this section (2.2 How to use APT locally). I make a directory /root/debs, put the debs there and