OK,let get things straigt.
A package being in .deb doesn mean it can be installed by
apt-get.apt-get
needs a specific file (packages.gz)to be present in the directory
specified
to apt in the /etc/apt/sources.list file.You can use a local directory
as
an apt mirror.For how this file is created take a look at
dpkg-scanpackages.
(man dpkg-scanpackages)
Individual debs will be installed with dpkg which is the actual package
manager.
apt-get and dselect are just frontends to dpkg with the difference that
while
dselect uses the dpkg database for conflict resolution ,apt has it own
database
.see apt-cache for details(man apt-cache).There is a package console-apt
that will
let you deal with apt on a friendlier manner(read graphical -ncurses) .
And ,no ,none of the above are really documented anywhere easy to find.I
find them
by asking questions(a lot and took a lot of flames and RTFM's) and
reading debian-devel (warning-high volume list) and debian-user .
And ofcourse,by screwing up with my system running unstable and whatever
I felt like in that moment.:-)
--
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Alan Saporta
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