local repository

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On wo, 2006-03-15 at 18:01 +0530, Yogesh soni wrote:
> How can I create a local repository & how can I tell synaptic to use
> that repository.

You can quickly make a simple one from a bunch of deb files with
apt-ftparchive:

$ cd /path/to/pool_of_debs
$ apt-ftparchive packages | gzip > Packages.gz

Then add this line to sources.list:

deb file:///path/to/pool_of_debs ./
-- 
Dennis K.
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