How do I install a .deb package that isn't in a repository?

[Chris Deigan]

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 12:26 +0000, Neil Woolford wrote:
> How do I get Synaptic to find the package?  A lone package doesn't
> seem to be addable as a repository.  Can I build a little local repository
> that just contains the package I'm interested in?  Or should I just use
> sudo dpkg from the command line?

Synaptic is a front-end for apt, where apt mostly fetches packages.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you'll need an apt repository for what you
want. So, to save yourself some time, perhaps just use dpkg from the
command line. Unless of course this is for more than one or two
computers. ;)

Chris