Thank you for clarifying, yaoasm.
Creating a local web/ftp server for using on your LAN would have to start with server setup and configuration, which is beyond the scope of VL as a desktop distro.
I'll outline the steps I used to create a repository on a local disk for VL 7.2. You would need to modify the values according to your version of VL, and local paths.
As root, create a directory and download all files from the source to your local disk:
mkdir /mnt/hd/vl72
cd /mnt/hd/vl72
wget -r -np http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/pkg/untested/veclinux-7.2/x86/
Next, open up gslapt and click Edit > Preferences > Sources > Add
Enter text:
file:///mnt/hd/vl72/vlcore.vectorlinux.com/pkg/untested/veclinux-7.2/x86/Click OK, and back out, clicking "Yes" when it offers to update the package list.
The whole repo for 7.2 is 4.6G, so it took a while to download.
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Another (laborious) trick would be to use Gslapt and click all the boxes for the packages you want to download, select "Install" to mark. When you have all the desired boxes marked with a little arrow symbol, click the "Execute" button, then tick the box for "Download packages only" and clicking "OK". This would copy those packages to your local working directory.
Third option: get hacking! Download the repo to gslapt's "working directory", or change the "working directory" to the location where you downloaded the files!
