local repository help wanted.

[ian-weisser]

The scanpackges didn't work for me I'm not sure why I typed dpkg-scanpackages /mnt/hgfs/repo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

Was there an error message?
If so, what (exactly) did it say?

[mintmag]

Oh hey guys with a directory like this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5P...d2WUpDbGc/view


when it comes to adding the repo to sources.list is it necessary to add the pool and dists to the address like this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5P...d2WUpDbGc/view

This is the part that really confuses me

[mintmag]

Hey guys after downloading the repository I get this error message can't open postmirror.sh" What does this mean

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5...EdYRlptUjNjU1U

[T.J.]

The scanpackges didn't work for me I'm not sure why I typed dpkg-scanpackages /mnt/hgfs/repo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu



I'm not sure what to do here. Half the tutorials I find say to create a symbolic links with apache2 but that's just not working either

If the repo is being stored on a non-native Linux partition, please do not expect any of the tools to work properly. That said, here is an example script to update an archive directory:

#! /bin/bash


cd /usr/local/dists
dpkg-scanpackages .  > Packages

You can then add a simple line to your sources:

deb  file:/usr/local/dists ./

This presupposes a very simple setup where all the packages are dumped into a single folder. If you want better management, you will need to do some appropriate reading.

[T.J.]

Hey guys after downloading the repository I get this error message can't open postmirror.sh" What does this mean

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5...EdYRlptUjNjU1U

This means that the postmirror script is either not installed, does not have the proper permissions, or is otherwise unusable.

Please do not consider my terse responses an unwillingness to help. I want to help you, but I haven't much information about the specifics of your setup, and when managing your own mirrors sometimes it is best to learn by trial and error.

[mintmag]

Okay I managed to run the dpkg-scannpackges but I'm still getting this and it's still not finding the main packages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5P...ew?usp=sharing


Again this is not on NTFS this is now on EXT4

[mintmag]

Bump

[mintmag]

Bump

[T.J.]

Still having problems?

[mintmag]

Still having problems?

Yes though I have made some breakthroughs. This was done with Mint since I find it a bit easier to use. Here's a link to the latest info https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...21504#p1221504 feel free to post either there or here. I'm so close to getting this to work. I just need to find out why it's not seeing the files. They are there but apt isn't seeing it.