Trouble trying to find packages for ubuntu linux

[Albert Y. C. Lai]

Brian Hulley wrote:
> I'm trying to find all the ghc library packages so I can download them
> to my own computer and make a local repository to then add to
> my /etc/apt/sources.list

After downloading them, another option is to skip apt and repositories, 
e.g.,
     sudo dpkg -i ghc6_6.6-3_i386.deb
Afterwards you can still use apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, etc., to view 
its status and uninstall it.