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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 14:58:51 +0000
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+Installation from a directory on the filesystem.
+
+The area you are installing from should contain the Packages.gz file
+from each distribution area being installed (usually main and optionally
+contrib and non-free) as well as the corresponding binary/*/*.deb files.
+
+The easiest way to do get this is to make a (partial) copy of the
+distribution site's directory hierarchy, if possible.