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Re: debian CD repository



On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:27:21PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
> i have downloaded all the Debian 6 DVDs from the repo. but as per my
> knowledge when i run "apt-get install <packagename>" it directly go to
> internet how come i tell apt-get or dpkg to install it from DVDs and
> secondly it should ask for the correct DVD like Microsoft does.  for
> example. if samba is placed in DVD 8 is should prompt me that insert
> DVD 8. same way like microsoft does.

Look at /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* for any
mention of "http://"; or "ftp://";. Put a "#" symbol (without the quotes,
of course) at the start of each such line, then run "apt-get update" to
refresh the database.

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