Re: Installing some packages needs not original DVD
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Daniel Skowroński
<d.skowronski@dshome.tk> 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. 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.
> 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.
I thought that this was a bug that had been ironed out.
The CD/DVD entries in "/etc/apt/sources.list" aren't commented out
after an install.
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