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linuxubuntu-16.04apt-get
Qiang Wang
Qiang Wang

Reputation: 71

why customize the sources.list with my own deb always failed to locate the deb for Ubuntu

here is my issue background, I need to install postgresql and mongodb on one off-line server, so I copied the deb file from one server which already installed postgresql and mongodb properly, but at last step when I try sudo apt-get install on off-line server, I always get below error:

E: Failed to fetch file:/var//var/debs/postgresql-10_10.4-2.pgdg16.04+1_amd64.deb File not found - /var//var/debs/postgresql-10_10.4-2.pgdg16.04+1_amd64.deb (2: No such file or directory)

below is my step:

  1. tar the debs and copy to the off-line server

  2. execute follow commands in off-line server

    sudo cp -r path/debs/* /var/debs/

    sudo touch /var/debs/Packages.gz

    sudo chmod -R 777 /var/debs/

    sudo dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > debs/Packages.gz

  3. update the /etc/apt/sources.list and do apt-get update

    here is how the sources.list looks like: I removed all the other deb, only keep one line which is the path I copied the deb from the server which has postgresql and mongodb installed.

    deb file:/var debs/

    then I run sudo apt-get update, and run install but always be told the deb can not found, I am thinking should the sources.list I use is wrong format, hope someone can help me, thanks alot.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 212

Answers (1)

Qiang Wang
Qiang Wang

Reputation: 71

not sure what's the issue about the sources.list, but I changed the location to /packages, and updated the sources.list like below, then apt-get install works.

deb file:// /packages/

be careful here //space/packages

Upvotes: 0

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