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 ====== Ubuntu - apt - Add local directory to apt sources.list ======
+. Create the directory to put all the deb files, for example /home/foo/debs:
+<code bash>
+mkdir /home/foo/debs
+</code>
+----
+. Put all the deb files into the directory:
+<code bash>
+mv /home/foo/Desktop/*.deb /home/foo/debs
+</code>
+----
+. Check the current priorities and section for the package, find entry named Section and Priority:
+<code bash>
+dpkg --info example_1.2.3-1@i386.deb
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This returns some information including Section and Priority:
+Here is some of the info:
+<code>
+Package: example
+Section: editors
+Priority: optional
+Homepage: http://www.example.com/
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+----
+. Create an override file.
+An Override file is used to override the default Priority and Section setting of the package.
+  * An Override file contains 3 columns: Package, Priority, Section.
+    * Package is the name of the Package, Priority is low, medium, high or optional and Section is the section to which it belongs.
+Example of override file content:
+<file>
+## Override
+#Package priority section
+example low editors
+</file>
+----
+. Create Packages.gz inside /home/foo/debs
+<code bash>
+cd /home/foo/debs
+sudo dpkg-scanpackages . override | gzip -c9 > Packages.gz
+</code>
+----
+. If you are too lazy to do the override file, you do not have to.  Just change the "dpkg --scanpackages" command above to this:
+<code bash>
+cd /home/foo/debs
+sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -c9 > Packages.gz
+</code>
+If you follow this path, ignore step 4 and 5.
+----
+. Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list
+<code>
+deb file:///home/foo/debs /
+</code>
+----
+. Re-synchronize the package index files from their sources
+<code bash>
+sudo apt-get update
+</code>
+----
+. Install your application:
+<code bash>
+sudo apt-get install example
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This has just created a local file repository.
+  * apt will fetch the deb files from your local file directory also.
+</WRAP>