On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:53:11PM +0000, alan c wrote: > I am still rather failing at an early hurdle unfortunately. > I am working on the thought that the files I need are already in > /var/cache/apt/archives > and after burning these to CDR I have tried to then use > sudo apt-get -o update dir::cache=/media/cdrom0/apt/archives > and I get a response: > E: Option update: Configuration item specification must have an =<val>. > > any thoughts?
I think the reason you are failing is because you are making an incorrect assumption about how apt/dpkg work. You don't just point apt at a bunch of debs and expect it to install them, it doesn't work like that. You *could* point dpkg at a directory of debs and see if it can install them - hoping you still have all necessary dependancies (which you probably should). Apt requires a repository which consists of pools of directories sorted alphabetically, and other files which index those pools. The easiest way to explain it is to go and have a look at a repository. http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/ - contains all the packages http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/ - for example contains the indexes of the packages in the pool. I would recommend you use one of the tools recommended, apt-move, apt-mirror, debmirror and so on. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
