synaptic question

[duncan brown]

from the sources.list man page (man sources.list)

       file   The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system
              to  be  considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and
              local mirrors or archives.

first, create your own apt repository under let's say /var/apt_repository by following the directions in my apt walkthrough http://www.linuxadvocate.net/apt (pardon my site, it's utter crud)

so, create a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ called local.list with an entry like i mention in the walkthrough, only substitute 'rpm' with 'file', and have it point at your /var/apt_repository, or whever you have it.

you'll also need to sign your packages if they're your own (http://www.linuxadvocate.net/rpm_signing), but if they're just from redhat, then you should already have their GPG key in your keyring.

-D


----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:17:33 +0200
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: synaptic question

> Am Mo, den 05.04.2004 schrieb Jeroen Tiebout um 23:56:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Can packages be added in the synaptic package list?
> > I just managed to install synaptic (thx duncan), the "uninstalled"
> > filter shows an empty list.
> > 
> > There is a "add cdrom" option, but wat if packages reside in eg
> > /mnt/osshare (mounted from an iso).
> > 
> > Cheers, Jeroen
> 
> Remember that synaptic is just a frontend for apt. You have to configure
> the apt sources list to let synaptic show you the possibilities.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
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