[plug] setting up a local [hard-drive] mirror of ubuntu

[David Buddrige]

Hi guys,

figured it out.  

I had to re-run 

apt-get update 

after I had edited sources.list.

cheers

David. 8-)

On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 14:58 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> I have a local mounted hard-drive containing a mirror of ubuntu.
> 
> If I do the command:
> 
> ls /media/Elements/ubuntu
> 
> I see the directories:
> 
> dists pool projects
> 
> I have added the following line into my sources.list:
> 
> deb file:/media/Elements/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted multiverse
> universe
> 
> But when I attempt to apt-get anything, I get the message:
> 
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Couldn't find package [package name]
> 
> Does anyone know what might be causing the problem?
> 
> thanks heaps,
> 
> David. 8-)
> 
> 
> 
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