On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:03:50PM +0100, Jamie Wood wrote: > Hi - I'm a little confused by apt and wonder how I can best make use of > it... > > Basically I can download packages for free from work and then bring them > home on ZIP to my computer there. What is the best way of maintaining an > archive on the computer that has all the deb files? > > I currently have a directory /usr/local/src/debs but I can't make an entry > in /etc/apt/sources.list that will make dselect automatically see this > directory as a source.... Any ideas would be appreciated.
You have to create a Packages.gz file and place it in the directory with the debs. See dpkg-scanpackages(8). Cheers, Joost