--- Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-10-03 22:10): > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > moment, and I've tried adding file:/tmp to sources.list, but still no luck - I > think it's adding things like stable or main to the path.
You don't need to use apt for that, just dpkg. Try "dpkg -i /tmp/filename.deb" and it'll install it for you. Apt is merely a frontend to dpkg, have a look at dpkg's manpage for more info, and all the other cool things you can do with it. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
