sorry again an error: 1. cd to packages1 folder in terminal 2. dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip -9c > ./Packages.gz and do the rest works On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:45 PM, junise safvan <gnuise@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hai saral, > > following are the steps to be done while creating local repositories in > your hard disk. > > 1. copy the repository files (*.deb) to a local directory, say > '/home/junise/repos/packages1' ('junise' is my user name) > 2. run the following commands in terminal > a. 'cd /home/junise/repos' > b. 'dpkg-scanpackages packages1 /dev/null | gzip -9c > > packages1/Packages.gz' > 3. extract the 'Packages.gz' file > 4. delete the 'Packages.gz' file > 5. open the 'Packages' file in a text editor, take 'search>replace' or > 'ctrl+h', replace all 'packages1/' with './' and save it > 6. archive the 'Packeges' file to 'Packages.gz' > 7. open your sources.list file in super user mode > (/etc/apt/sources.list) > 8. add the line 'deb file:///home/junise/repos/packages1/ ./' > 9. if you have the complete repository, comment all the line with > http:// address using an '#' in front of the line > 10. run the command 'sudo apt-get update' in the terminal > > -- > junise safvan > project guidance on vhdl, image processing, embedded system designing etc > -- junise safvan project guidance on vhdl, image processing, embedded system designing etc