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I downloaded a commercial demo app as a deb file (i'm so glad they support linux!). I saved the file into a directory on my harddrive. OK. Now i want to create a local apt source so that i can install the debs i download properly. Here is what i've done:
So Packages.gz is now configured and my directory is in the apt sources list. Then i do
$ apt-get update
and it does it's thing. However when i try installing or even looking for the new package with apt-cache search, it cannot find it! Am i doing something wrong? How can i know if apt is picking up my local repository or not?
Thanks for your help. I'm sure it's not a big deal, but i'm missing something.
You can create a source directory later if you want as well. The above has worked for me in creating a simple repository for some gui configuration packages from Morphix.
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