[ubuntu-in] Setting up local apt-get repository ? Error

[Ramnarayan.K]

ok so i did the following

copied the first dvd of the set to a usb disk
location /media/disk/ubuntu7_10/dvd710_1/ubuntu/dists/

added the following line to sources.list
deb file:///media/disk/ubuntu7_10/dvd710_1/ubuntu main multiverse universe

then did the atp-get update and the following are the results


top:~$ sudo apt-get update
Password:
Ign file: main Release.gpg
Ign file: main/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign file: main/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign file: main Release
Ign file: main/multiverse Packages
Ign file: main/universe Packages
Err file: main/multiverse Packages
  File not found
Err file: main/universe Packages
  File not found
Failed to fetch
file:///media/disk/ubuntu7_10/dvd710_1/ubuntu/dists/main/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz
File not found
Failed to fetch
file:///media/disk/ubuntu7_10/dvd710_1/ubuntu/dists/main/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz
File not found
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.

now what do i need to do to rectify this error

thanks ram
On Nov 24, 2007 6:56 AM, Vivek Khurana <hiddenharmony at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007 7:41 PM, Ramnarayan. K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >
> > On Nov 23, 2007 12:45 PM, Parthan S R <parth.technofreak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, I missed the main thread. By "local repository" you mean having
> > > a local mirror or your own repository + ubuntu ?
> > >
> > >
> > would like to have my ubuntu repository resident on either my hard disk
> or
> > an external usb conected hard disk. Its a pain to keep searching for the
> dvd
> > etc to install when i would like to have it "always on"
> >
> > can apt-mirror be used
>
> Yes,
>
> >
> > How i look at is there are two joints to the problem
> >  first - how do i copy the cd /dvd to the hard disk - should it be an
> ISO
> > image or what
> > second - how do i point my apt-get sources to the specified location.
>
> To copy a dvd/cd tdo the following
>
> 1) Create  a directory, preferably called 'ubuntu'.
> 2) Copy 'pool' and 'dists' directory from cd/dvd to ubuntu directory
> 3) modify the sources.list file and add the following
>
>   deb file:///<full path to directory>/ubuntu main <any other tree you
> have>
>
> 4) do apt-get update
>
>  For more specific instruction let us know exactly how you want to use
> the local repository.
>
> regards
> VK
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