aptitude didn't use my local hard disk repo?

shams · 04-21-2017, 03:01 AM

Hi,
I installed a new copy of ubuntu 17.04, i already had many deb packages of this ubuntu 17.04 in my external hard disk, i created a local repo in my home directory for this packages and added to the /etc/apt/sources.list:

Code:

deb file:/home/user/repo ./

Then run the apt-get update, and apt-get added the local repo to the cashe:

Code:

repo# apt-get update
Get:1 file:/home/user/repo ./ InRelease
Ign:1 file:/home/user/repo ./ InRelease
Get:2 file:/home/user/repo ./ Release
Ign:2 file:/home/user/repo ./ Release
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Ign:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Get:3 file:/home/user/repo ./ Packages [1٬584 kB]
Get:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Ign:4 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en
Ign:5 file:/home/user/repo ./ Translation-en

aptitude didn't use the local repo and downloading the same local packages from the online repos which are also included in the sources.list.
In the end of apt-get update also get this error message:

Code:

Fetched 71٫8 kB in 8min 35s (139 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'file:/home/user/repo ./ Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

hydrurga · 04-22-2017, 05:17 AM

What you received wasn't an error message, it was a warning message. If you want to authenticate the repo, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1703...apt-repository ("Creating an Authenticated Repository" answer).

Just a point of note that apt (the package which provides apt-get) is not aptitude - they are two separate packages.

If you want to properly test the local repo, temporarily disable the online repos.

dedec0 · 04-22-2017, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

If you want to authenticate the repo, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1703...apt-repository ("Creating an Authenticated Repository" answer).

Why not replicating that here?

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

If you want to properly test the local repo, temporarily disable the online repos.

How do we do that?

hydrurga · 04-22-2017, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dedec0

Why not replicating that here?

I don't understand that question, sorry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dedec0

How do we do that?

Comment out the online repos in /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list, or disable them through (I think, as I don't use Ubuntu) Ubuntu Software->Software & Updates.

dedec0 · 04-22-2017, 04:43 PM

> > > If you want to authenticate the repo, see
> > > askubuntu.com/questions/170348/how-to-create-a-local-apt-repository
> > > ("Creating an Authenticated Repository" answer).

> > Why not replicating that here?

> I don't understand that question, sorry.

Sometimes things get broken because linked information becomes unavailable. To avoid that, I replicate such contents (to replicate is to copy). And Ubuntu does not have good antecedents: it ceased existence of UbuntuOne service.

hydrurga · 04-22-2017, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dedec0

> > > If you want to authenticate the repo, see
> > > askubuntu.com/questions/170348/how-to-create-a-local-apt-repository
> > > ("Creating an Authenticated Repository" answer).

> > Why not replicating that here?

> I don't understand that question, sorry.

Sometimes things get broken because linked information becomes unavailable. To avoid that, I replicate such contents (to replicate is to copy). And Ubuntu does not have good antecedents: it ceased existence of UbuntuOne service.

Ah, I understand. The idea is that *you* read the page, you extract the information you want, you try a few things, and then when you find something that works, you come back on here and let us know what you did. I'm just pointing you in the general direction, I don't have the time to do all that for you, sorry.

dedec0 · 04-22-2017, 06:41 PM

hahahahaha I did not even read that page (yet). And I thought you pointed the askubuntu page knowing what is written there - and also knowing "how to create a local apt repository".

hydrurga · 04-23-2017, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dedec0

hahahahaha I did not even read that page (yet). And I thought you pointed the askubuntu page knowing what is written there - and also knowing "how to create a local apt repository".

Well, I did read the page and made a judgement that it contained the info that would be required to create a signed local repository, or at least get you started along the right path. But no, I've never done so myself.

It's something that I imagine a great number of people have done, so there should be a lot of information about it on the internet.