On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 04:14:45PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > 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 !
Apt (and as a result aptitude, synaptic, etc) only works with repositories. You either make your own repository (see apt-ftparchive tool) or you use dpkg -i manually. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
