On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote: > Hi, > > How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally > downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages > dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate > Packages & Release files and directory structure. apt-move doesn't like > ftp.is.co.za 's dir structure and just generally seemed not to work. > dpkg-scanpackages requires me to create a override file ... lots of manual > work and faulty. > Do I use some other tool ? and will it pick up and use the correct files for > dependencies? >
I always use 'dpkg' to install locally downloaded debs. # dpkg -i package.deb Check the man page for more. Yes it checks the dependencies. kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke