compiler package asks for install disk

akirapill · 10-20-2006, 05:37 PM

For some weird reason I can't apt-get the build-essential package, which includes gcc and other c stuff. When I try, it asks me to insert my ubuntu install disk, which I don't have. I tried downloading a disk image, but it's an older version and I can't find it on the ubuntu site. I also tried using synapse, and it aksed the same thing. After calculating dependencies, I always get the following:

Media change: please insert the disc labeled
'Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)'
in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter

and since I don't have it, I have to ctl-C out of apt-get. Why is this package asking to see my install disk, and how can I get around it?

binary_y2k2 · 10-20-2006, 06:46 PM

It's because you have the CD in your sources.list
You can remove it by editing /etc/apt/sources.list as root

Code:

KDE
kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list
GNOME
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Text Mode
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Then running

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential

akirapill · 10-21-2006, 12:31 AM

That did the trick. Thanks!

syg00 · 10-21-2006, 01:11 AM

Hoary is beginning to live up to it's name by now.
Time for you to think of an update methinks.