On Thursday 27 July 2023 at 13:14:23, Antony Stone wrote:

> 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?

Thanks to Ralph and tito for very helpful guidance.

I have created a working local repository by what I suspect is almost the
simplest method possible:

    mkdir -p /usr/local/repo/FreeSwitch
    rsync -Pav *.deb /usr/local/repo/FreeSwitch
    cd /usr/local/repo/FreeSwitch
    dpkg-scanpackages . >Packages
    apt-ftparchive release . >Release
    echo 'deb [trusted=yes] file:/usr/local/repo/FreeSwitch/ /'
        >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/local.FreeSwitch.list
    aptitude update

Antony.

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