To set up a local debian cache of deb files that you've created or downloaded separately:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386 # cp *.deb /usr/local/cache/dists/local/local/binary-i386 # cd /usr/local/cache # dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-i386 /dev/null \ $ dists/local/local/binary-i386/Packages
Then add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb file:/usr/local/cache local local