Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-13 Thread Freeman
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 01:27:49PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:45:04AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard > > > drive? > > > Unless I missed it, running

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 01:06:06PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: .snip > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html > man dpkg > dpkg --help > > Easy to miss given that much of the introductory documentation focuses > on high-level package management tool

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/06/11 06:27, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:45:04AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: >>> How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? >>> Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference man

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:24:37PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 12 Jun 2011 at 13:27:49 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > That did the trick. Thanks. BTW, where in the docs does it mention this > > situation and point to dpkg? I would love to know where I missed it. > > Debian Reference. Sectio

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Brian
On Sun 12 Jun 2011 at 13:27:49 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > That did the trick. Thanks. BTW, where in the docs does it mention this > situation and point to dpkg? I would love to know where I missed it. Debian Reference. Section 2.4.1. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/12/2011 04:27 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:45:04AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference manual a

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:45:04AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? > > Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference manual and the > > Maintainers Guide shows noth

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-11 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:22:50 -0700 Robert Holtzman wrote: > How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? > Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference manual and the > Maintainers Guide shows nothing applicable. Any pointers appreciated. > as ro

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:22:50 -0700 Robert Holtzman wrote: Hello Robert, > How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard > drive? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto will show you how. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: > How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? > Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference manual and the > Maintainers Guide shows nothing applicable. Any pointers appreciated. > # dpkg -i /path/to/harddriv