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Hi guys,<BR>
<BR>
figured it out. <BR>
<BR>
I had to re-run <BR>
<BR>
apt-get update <BR>
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after I had edited sources.list.<BR>
<BR>
cheers<BR>
<BR>
David. 8-)<BR>
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On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 14:58 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">hi all,</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have a local mounted hard-drive containing a mirror of ubuntu.</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">If I do the command:</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ls /media/Elements/ubuntu</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I see the directories:</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">dists pool projects</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have added the following line into my sources.list:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">deb file:/media/Elements/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted multiverse universe</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">But when I attempt to apt-get anything, I get the message:</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Building dependency tree</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Reading state information... Done</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">E: Couldn't find package [package name]</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Does anyone know what might be causing the problem?</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">thanks heaps,</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">David. 8-)</FONT><BR>
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