adding a debian repository

[Jeremy Anderson]

On Thursday 19 October 2006 10:00, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Jeremy Anderson wrote:
> > Thanks for the info.  I am still messed up here so I decided why not send
> > the link to help you help me... lol...
>
> Please don't top-post.
>
> > http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=packageDownload&pkid=119
> >
> > It is the debian package at the very bottom that I am trying to get but
> > through a repository.
> >
> > I am normally not this dumb but for some reason apt-get update keeps
> > wanting to put an extra /dist/ in there.
>
> Did you try what I wrote?
>
> >> so the problem is that you need a path with "/dists/" in it.  iirc, I've
> >> seen something constructed to produce a URL like:
>
> http://debsarge.plutohome.com/download/dists/../debian/main/binary-i386/plu
>
> >>to-orbiter_2.0.0.40_i386.deb
> >>
> >> by using a source of:
> >>
> >> deb http://debsarge.plutohome.com/download/ ../debian main
>
> I'll be damned if I'm going to try to download a package that doesn't even
> contain a proper description - but after adding that line to my sources and
> running "aptitude update" it at least finds the "Packages" file and _wants_
> to download the package and all it's dependencies.  It can't find
> pluto-kernel-upgrade, though, which prevents it downloading anything.  If
> it can find the Packages file, the rest (of that repo) should be fine.
> --
> derek

Thank you sir.  That worked... now I just have a broken package.  Oh well... I 
will compile the source.  Thanks again.