Look at apt-get HOWTO, there is a solution fo rcreating a local repository for apt. On Saturday 19 October 2002 02:58, David Pastern wrote: > Steve said: > > I know apt-get works great for installing remote files, but how could you > install a deb file you have installed on you local machine. Looking in the > man page for apt-get I didn't see an option for installing a local file. > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. > > Dave says: Like others have said the way to install .deb files locally on > your machine is: > > dpkg -i packagename.deb > > Read man dpkg (well at least some of the man page lol). Also, as far as > i'm aware, dpkg won't look at dependencies, so be careful when installind > .debs in that manner. > > In theory, (and correct me if i'm wrong guys), you could move the .debs to > /var/cache/apt/archives and then run apt-get dist-upgrade (maybe apt-get > update first???). Anyone have an idea on doing it that way (since using > apt would look at dependencies, i'd say that'd be better than using dpkg, > especially if you are manually installing lots of files). > > Dave
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