Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-16 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:05:18 -0400, David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've been reading and trying the same procedure. I noticed that in > > the example given (deb file:/root debs/) there is no forward slash >

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-16 Thread David Z Maze
Jerry Turba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been reading and trying the same procedure. I noticed that in the > example given (deb file:/root debs/) there is no forward slash between > root and debs. I strongly suspect that that is not a typo but cannot > figure out why the / is missing (acc

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-16 Thread David Z Maze
emarsk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From the tree where the packages are (they can be in one or more > subdirs) type: > > touch override > #(scanpackages need an override file, that can be blank) > > dpkg-scanpackages ./ override > Packages > #I trie

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-16 Thread Jerry Turba
On Sunday 14 September 2003 07:36 pm, Skippi wrote: > Greetings. I am trying to add a directory to the list of sources for > APT to use for installing deb packages. > > The dirctory is > /home/skippi/0data/backup/debian30/debian > > I have been using the APT HOWTO. > In section 2.2 it tells me to

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-16 Thread emarsk
The way I found (and that works for me) to do add a directory to apt source is this one: from the tree where the packages are (they can be in one or more subdirs) type: touch override #(scanpackages need an override file, that can be blank) dpkg-scanpackag

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:50:06 +0200, Skippi wrote: > Greetings. I am trying to add a directory to the list of sources for > APT to use for installing deb packages. [snip] > It tells me there is an error in line 10 (the line I'm adding). > > I am adding > > deb file:/home/skippi/0data/backup/de

adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-14 Thread Skippi
Greetings. I am trying to add a directory to the list of sources for APT to use for installing deb packages. The dirctory is /home/skippi/0data/backup/debian30/debian I have been using the APT HOWTO. In section 2.2 it tells me to use dpkg-scanpackages to create a Packages.gz file. I did that an