Install software via cd Ubuntu server 6.06

gonzojd7 · 09-05-2006, 11:09 AM

Can anyone tell me how to install software from the command line in Ubuntu Dapper server using the Install cd. Also, when I type apt-get update, I get errors regarding repositories, but I'm trying to install the software from the install cd...Do I need to add the cd rom to apt/sources.list and if yes how?

Thanks in advance.

w3bd3vil · 09-05-2006, 02:14 PM

you could locate the pkg that you want on the cd and use dpkg -i pkg.deb to install it.

robbbert · 09-05-2006, 03:15 PM

1. Normally, the CD-ROM, from which was installed, is added to /etc/apt/sources.list, automatically.

2. To edit that file:
$ sudo nano filename

3. To add a CD-ROM:
$ sudo apt-cdrom add
$ sudo apt-get update

binary_y2k2 · 09-05-2006, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzojd7

Can anyone tell me how to install software from the command line in Ubuntu Dapper server using the Install cd. Also, when I type apt-get update, I get errors regarding repositories, but I'm trying to install the software from the install cd...Do I need to add the cd rom to apt/sources.list and if yes how?

Thanks in advance.

If you don't have the internet then "apt-get update" won't be any use to you.
Look in your /etc/apt/sources.list and see if there is a line like:

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deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531)]/ dapper main restricted

If it's commented out, then uncomment it. If it's not there then you use the command

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sudo apt-cdrom add

to add the CD you have inserted to the source list, then you run

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sudo apt-get upgrade

(You can comment out the servers to stop the errors showing)
When you have done that, you can just "sudo apt-get install [package]"