Debian GNU/Linux	Desktop Survival PDF Edition

Cache Packages Locally

To set up a local debian cache of deb files that you've created or downloaded separately:

  # mkdir -p /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386
  # cp *.deb /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386
  # cd /usr/local/cache
  # dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-i386 /dev/null \
  > dists/local/local/binary-i386/Packages

Then add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

  deb file:/usr/local/cache local local