a file as a repository?

[Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
 
>Is it possible (ie how do I?) set a local file as a repository for some
>debs DLed long ago?  
 
You can do that easily. You are to move the files to a folder and then run two
commands which are given below.
 
  dpkg-scanpackages <folder> | gzip Packages.gz
  dpkg-scansources <folder> | gzip Sources.gz
 
  These two commands create the indexes of the packages found in the folder, so
that apt-get can use it. If the above commands return an error as "command not
found", then try apt-get dpkg-dev first and install the package and then proceed
with the two commands. 
  Then after that open the sources.list file and add an entry to include the
folder containing the deb files.
  Hope that helped
 
Ciao,
 
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran
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>Subject: a file as a repository?
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>Is it possible (ie how do I?) set a local file as a repository for some
>debs DLed long ago?  I'd hate to re-DL them as I have them right here.
>I prefer synaptic, if that makes any difference.
> 
>Cybe R. Wizard
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