General FAQ:

• Does it work with Debian?
• Does it work with other distributions?
• How to create a Packages file for Debian

Yes. It as been developped and tested using Debian 3.0 (woody).

We have tested it with a RedHat7 distribution. You have a few things to do under RedHat:

• chmod 0666 for terminals /dev/tty8, 9 and next
• create /crypt and /.cfsfs
• add to /etc/exports

  /.cfsfs localhost(rw)  # Cryptographic Filesystem export
  

• add to /etc/rc.local

  if [ -x /usr/sbin/cfsd ]; then
      /usr/sbin/cfsd && \
      /bin/mount -o port=3049,intr localhost:/.cfsfs /crypt
  fi
  

• The RedHat libgdbm.so.1.8 library is buggy. Use the Debian libgdbm.so.1.7.3 one instead.

If you find it works with another distribution please tell me.

create and put your local .deb files in a directory:

mkdir /home/Debian
cd /home/Debian
mkdir -p dists/local/binary-i386
cp foobar.deb /home/Debian/dists/local/binary-i386

Use dpkg-scanpackages to create the Packages file:

cd /home/Debian
dpkg-scanpackages dists/gemplus/binary-i386 override > Packages
gzip -f Packages
mv Packages.gz dists/gemplus/binary-i386

The override file may be empty.