Nick, thanks, but your second method (installing dependences first, then the package that needs them) does not work for me. Here's what I did.
# cd /storage/debs // went to place where the .debs file is located # ls // I see listed libdb1-compat_2.1.3-7_i386.deb // and libc6_2.3.2-9_i386.deb # apt-get update Ign file: debs/ Release // Is this a problem? ... # apt-get install libdb1-compat Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree The following extra packages will be installed: libc6 The following NEW packages will be installed: libdb1-compat 1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/3761kB of archives. After unpacking 160kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] // I continue Err file: debs/ libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 File not found Err file: debs/ libc6 2.3.2-9 File not found Failed to fetch file:/storage//storage/debs/libdb1-compat_2.1.3-7_i386.deb File not found. // I don't understand the syntax here. Is it looking in // /storage/debs? Failed to fetch file:/storage//storage/debs/libc6_2.3.2-9_i386.deb File not found. E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? In case the order was critical, I tried with the other file first, but same results. The above suggests that apt is able to access the directory, see the files it, but not access them. The files are owned by user, but the command is run by root, so ownership not an issue. The files are -rw-------. I assume they need only be readable. But another complication. The libc6 is an update, not a new installation. So I tried apt-get upgrade libc6: The following packages have been kept back libc6 I tried libc6=2.3.2-6, and got the same results as without the version specification. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]