Software repository

[Nathan Sprangers]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 09:05 +0200, maxim at x-i.net wrote:
> Hello Ubuntu-users,
> 
> I am a relative newcomer to debian-based linux environments so please excuse my
> ignorance.
> I wondered if any of you have a straight forward solution to setting up a
> software repository on my harddrive, as I do not have an internet connection at
> home, and I don't know how to point apt or other package managers to a folder
> and get files from there instead of from an ftp address.
> 
> Yours ignoramously,
> Maxim.

I don't quite understand the utility in having a local repository if you
have no way to download software.  Having a local repository would
require that you be able to download software/source from somewhere else
(build & package the source) first.  Probably all you want to do is
comment out the online repository lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list
file (tells apt where to look for packages).

Maybe I'm not understanding what you want to do, but that would be my
solution for a machine without internet access.
~Nathan