Colin, I suspect your directions fixed my problem, but I still fumble
on the final installation.
> OK, I would advise two things. Firstly, /etc/apt/sources.list should
> contain this instead of the last line:
>
> deb file:/storage/debs ./
This was accepted when I did # aptitude update
> Seco
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:00:39AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > I think your Packages file is screwy. Can you please post:
> >
> > * the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list;
> >
> > * the first block of text from /storage/debs/Packages or
> > /storage/debs/Packages.g
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:58:20AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > # 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
> >
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:58:20AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> # 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
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
Hi,
* Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031104 10:29]:
> A question about how to handle dependencies when using dpkg -i. What
> I'm trying to do is install libdvdcss2, which depends on my upgrading
> libc6, and that, in turn depends on libdb1-compat.
>
> If I run dpkg -i on just the libdvdcss2
>
> I'm confused; 'dpkg -i' is quite happy to take absolute paths. What does
> 'ls -l /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb' say?
>
> Are you sure that it isn't really
> /storage/debs/libdvdcss2_someversionorother_i386.deb?
>
> > Once I did that, it went OK, except that the package had an unmet
> > depen
> Put it in /storage/debs/.=20
>
> Just to clarify, I would do something like:
>
> echo "deb file:/storage/ debs/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
> dpkg-scanpackages /storages/debs /dev/null | gzip > /storage/debs/Packages.=
> gz
> apt-get update
> apt-get install whatever
Nick, this is one thing I or
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:51:26AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 06:50:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > In any case, the dpkg -i does not work. I'll give the
> > > specifics:
> > >
> > > # dpkg -i /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb
> > > dpkg: error
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 06:50:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > In any case, the dpkg -i does not work. I'll give the
> > specifics:
> >
> > # dpkg -i /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb
> > dpkg: error processing /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb (--install):
> > cannot access archive: No such file
Evening,
* Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031103 12:06]:
> Osamu sama wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:15:06PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > I've spent some time pouring over apt-HOWTO, and just don't
> > > understand. I want to use aptitude to install a local .deb file. I
> > > place i
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 06:50:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> In any case, the dpkg -i does not work. I'll give the
> specifics:
>
> # dpkg -i /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb
> dpkg: error processing /storage/debs/libdvdcss2.deb (--install):
> cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> > How does one use aptitude to install a local deb file?
>
> There may be a way to convince aptitude to do this, though i don't know
> of one. It seems to me you may just be using the wrong tool for the
> job.
>
> Is there some compelling reason not to use dpkg for your situation?
>
> dpkg --
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:15:06PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > I've spent some time pouring over apt-HOWTO, and just don't
> > understand. I want to use aptitude to install a local .deb file. I
> > place it in my /storage/debs.
> >
> > In the HOWTO, it said to do this:
> >
> > deb file:/
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:15:06PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>
> How does one use aptitude to install a local deb file?
There may be a way to convince aptitude to do this, though i don't know
of one. It seems to me you may just be using the wrong tool for the
job.
Is there some compelling rea
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:15:06PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> I've spent some time pouring over apt-HOWTO, and just don't
> understand. I want to use aptitude to install a local .deb file. I
> place it in my /storage/debs.
>
> In the HOWTO, it said to do this:
>
> deb file:/storage debs\
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