Re: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 
>> >> The two CDs I have are actually two DVDs that came out of a magazine,
>> >> including the complete Debian Sarge 3.1 stable.
>> >> I have no more installation media.
>> >> I thought they were including everything I'd need, but instead,
>> >> if I understand what you say, they are not sufficient to fully satisfy
>> >> all the installation needs with Debian Sarge.


Chris Metzler writes:
 
>> > Do you not have network access from that machine?  If so, just add
>> > some network sources to your sources.list, and pull the source from
>> > over the net.


Rodolfo:

>> Thanks, I'll try.
>> Only, I'm disapponted because I'd preferred I could do without the net
>> when installing packages: that all I needed was there in my two DVDs.


Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> writes:

> All you need to install and run a system from binaries is on the two
> DVDs. If you want to build packages you need more stuff. You could
> however easily
>
> apt-get install emacs
>
> and have a running emacs without having to build it. 


Thanks.
No, the problem is, that I need Emacs cvs, because 'normal' Emacs
does not handle gmail's pop3.

Cheers,
Rodolfo