Okay, here's MY solution...

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On the server PC run apt-get update, then apt-get streamripper.

mkdir a /Debian/dists/main directory structure

touch /Debian/dists/main/file (only needs to be done once)

cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /Debian/dists/main/

Then run the following:

dpkg-scanpackages /Debian/dists/main /Debian/dists/main/file | gzip > \
/Debian/dists/main/Packages.gz

(obviously needs to be done for every time you update the package
repository with more packages on the server PC)

Copy the contents of /Debian/* to the client PC (over LAN or via CD), and as root run the following:

echo "deb file:/Debian/dists main/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list (also only
needs to be done once)

You can then run apt-get streamripper and install from your repository to the client PC.
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Now does anyone know how to specify the local repository (without trying to go to the offline internet repositories)?

Regards,

Paul