On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 01:14:23PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm playing with FreeSwitch and trying to get it to do something it currently
> doesn't, therefore I need to modify the source code and recompile.
>
> I've downloaded the source Debian package and I can build it (so far without
> modifications, just to check I'm building something that works the same as the
> standard release).
>
> However, this then results in 347 .deb binary packages being left in a
> directory on my local machine.
>
> Looking on a machine where I've done a "standard" installation of the binary
> package/s, I find that around 120 have been installed (based on the
> dependencies starting from the "freeswitch-meta-all" package, which is what I
> told apt to do).
>
> So, to install the .deb files I now have on my local machine, "dpkg -i" will
> install whatever I tell it to, with no consideration about dependencies.
>
> "apt" will install packages with their dependencies but (as far as I know) not
> from files on the local machine - only from some properly-structured repository
> listed in sources.list
>
> So, does anyone know what tool I can use to install "freeswitch-meta-all" and
> its required dependencies, when those .debs now exist in a directory on my
> local machine?
>
Check out "man sources.list" and search on "file:"
Ralph.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Antony.
>
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