Hi all, I would like to install some selfmade or downloaded packages on my system using apt or aptitude. These are packages, which are experimental or 3rd-party (like my printer driver), and which is no repository for.
All packages are installable with dpkg -i by hand, and all packages shall reside in a special directory (i.e. /var/cache/apt/archive2/ ). How must be the syntax in /etc/apt/sources.list ? I suppose, it is something like deb file:///var/cache/apt/archive2/ ./ Another question: Is there a way to install those packages, even it has the wrong architecture ? If I do it manually this is working of course, (using dpkg -i --force-architecture) , but is there a way to handle it automatically ? The background is, that the closed-source-driver for my printer (Brother MFC210c) is only available as an I386-package, but not as an amd64-package. Although, it is working perfectly on amd64-systems ! Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
