OH NO! I can't get apt-get started -- please help!

[cotfessi]

Ok, here's the situation... I installed debian 2.2 this week from 17 floppies - a real base system. My plan was to add packages that I want as I go along with apt-get. One little problem. There is a package that I need, pppoe, to get myself started using the internet with my dsl line. The problem is that this package appears under the list of packages available from the debian website but is not on my debian CD1 that I've been using to install some other packages. What can I do? I'm really stuck because all of the other packages I need will need to be from ftp/http apt-get's. I tried to download the pppoe deb file on my winbloze box and transfer it via floppy, but I'm having trouble seeing my floppy drive!!


Please help!?!

[mka]

Can't you dl the file from Windoze and then have your Windoze partitions mounted in Linux?

Might want to check the NHFs on how to mount partitions if they aren't already mounted.



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mka

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[cotfessi]

my linux box is completely dedicated to linux

I actually now have my deb file in my home directory... I copied it down from my floppy drive.

When i edit my sources.list file

deb file:/path/to/deb/file/


do I have to create the same directory structure that exists on a cd...

.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages/net


and place my deb file in that directory?

[Strike]

If you have the deb file, just

dpkg --install name-of-deb-file.deb

[cotfessi]

oh man... I'm an idiot. I never thought of that... thanks.