On Saturday January 10 at 06:22pm Jim Higson <jh@333.org> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:08:46 -0500, Johann Koenig > <explosive@hvc.rr.com> wrote: > > > >> How do I get dselect to see the packages in the cdrom images? > > > > Try adding them to you're sources.list with apt-cdrom. > > Ok, I have done this for each cd with: > > apt-cdrom add -d <iso mount point> > > Everything in /etc/apt/sources.list seemed fine. > So I tried to do the install: > > apt-get update > apt-get install <pagage> > > Now apt asks for the cd to be inserted in /cdrom/ (remeber I am using > mounted cd images, not burned discs) and there's nothing I can do but > press return. > > I don't have a cd burner, so how can I get apt-get install to see the > iso images as install sources without burning the images to discs? mount them at /cdrom? Of course, it'll be one at a time, but it's better than nothing. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 9th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3170 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp
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