Re: Installing some packages needs not original DVD
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:35:34 +0200, Daniel Skowroński wrote:
> I am using Debian 6 x86_64 on netbook (Acer AOD255 - Intel Atom N450
> 1.66 GHz with HT & 2GB RAM). In Software Center there are some packages
> that needs DVD to install.
I've never used Software Center before (to be sincere, dunno what is
that :-P) but maybe the problem is only reproducible from there. Have you
tried using Synaptic or apt/aptitude to get the package? Just to see if
there is any difference.
> When I was trying to install Chromium there
> is alert like that (I'm translating from polish): "CD/DVD 'Debian
> GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeze_ - Official *i386 * DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27
> is required". There is also information, that I have to mount it to
> /media/cdrom to install. For first I don't have DVD in my netbook, but i
> can plug in my DVD via SATA bridge on USB (in the same way I installed
> Debian). But I have only *x86_64*media and system doesn't let me to
> continue with wrong architecture.
Yep, sounds creepy :-}
> I know that I could download & compile it from sources but *it's stupid
> that I need DVD to install some packages if I have Internet!* There are
> some packages like Chromium which I can't install using Internet
> connection. It's main idea for installing some packages only form DVD,
> but system says that I should use DVD* with other **architecture. *
That should not happen. I'm afraid it can be an error somewhere but for
sure having to use a DVD/CD as a media source it should not be required
at all, even less requesting for a different architecture.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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