Just passing by to confirm that the cifs + file method works fine.
Only make sure that the samba share is mounted world readable (otherwise
apt sandbox will complain).
And use one single slash on the file: line, for instance:
deb file:/smb/someserver/deb path/to/repo/
This would assumes that your *.deb files are available on
/smb/someserver/deb/path/to/repo/ from the local machine perspecitve.
I find this is the best method to access a repo on a file server, since
you likely don't want to mess up the apt config with how you access the
samba shares (user name, password, etc).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231806
Title:
apt-get: Add SMB to the valid Uri methods for software repositories
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
1. I want to use my ubuntu 8.04.iso mounted via an linux SMB share in
my apt sources list. I used
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu for info and
instructions, so I updated my sources list to include 'deb
smb://10.10.10.66/ hardy main restricted' (a valid and accessible smb
share on my network). When I reload my sources, I get the following
error in a pop up window: " The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/smb
could not be found. "
I looked at the man file for sources.list and didn't see SMB as a
valid URI specification? Did smb get 'dropped' for some reason as a
valid way to access repos or is there a way to add it to the methods
section?
Thanks,
Dylan
Ref:
ls -la /usr/lib/apt/methods/
total 392
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-12 17:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-05-12 17:47 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15076 2008-04-22 08:21 bzip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19404 2008-04-22 08:21 cdrom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11268 2008-04-22 08:21 copy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12292 2008-04-22 08:21 file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55836 2008-04-22 08:21 ftp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24708 2008-04-22 08:21 gpgv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15076 2008-04-22 08:21 gzip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55432 2008-04-22 08:21 http
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15076 2008-04-22 08:21 lzma
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71920 2008-04-22 08:21 mirror
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15552 2008-04-22 08:21 rred
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22516 2008-04-22 08:21 rsh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22516 2008-04-22 08:21 ssh
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy restricted main multiverse
universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates restricted main
multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security restricted main
multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main
multiverse universe
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
deb smb://10.10.10.66/ubuntu_804_intel_32bit/ hardy restricted main
#the smb above is the valid SMB share from my linux server
#it is a mounted loop iso image file and shared out in samba, I see it
readily via network shares.
This is the exact readout when doing a sources reload:
The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/smb could not be found.The method
driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/smb could not be found.
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