apt-get to install a local package.

[kayl]

I'm trying not to have to use the internet each and everytime I want to install a program, in this case Scite.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scite

So I used:

sudo apt-get install -download scite

and saved the file it downloaded. But I cant seem to get it to load from the local disk. I've tried:

sudo apt-get install scite_1.66-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install ./scite_1.66-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install /mnt/hda1/scite_1.66-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install scite_1.66-1_i386
sudo apt-get install ./scite_1.66-1_i386
sudo apt-get install /mnt/hda1/scite_1.66-1_i386
sudo apt-get install scite
sudo apt-get install ./scite
sudo apt-get install /mnt/hda1/scite

all to no avail. What boneheaded thing am I missing?!