Installing Debian Packages from CD-ROM in linux

Installing Debian Packages from CD-ROM


You want to install packages from a CD-ROM. The process we've just described assumes you want to download software from an archive. How do you add a CD to sources.list?


Modify /etc/apt/sources.list with the apt-cdrom command. This is the only way to add CD archives to sources.list. There must be a disk in the drive, but it does not need to be mounted. Then type:


# apt-cdrom add


Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/


Unmounting CD-ROM


Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter




Mounting CD-ROM


Identifying.. [0eabc03d10414e59dfa1622326e20da7-2]


Scanning Disc for index files.. Found 1 package indexes and 0 source indexes.


This Disc is called:


'Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 CD2'


Reading Package Indexes... Done


Wrote 1271 records.


Writing new source list


Source List entries for this Disc are:


deb cdrom:[Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 CD2]/ archive/


Repeat this process for the rest of the CDs in your set.




Use the -d switch to add a CD in a different CD drive:


# apt-cdrom -d /cdrom1 add




To identify a disk, use:


$ apt-cdrom ident


Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/


Mounting CD-ROM


Identifying.. [0eabc03d10414e59dfa1622326e20da7-2]


Stored Label: 'Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 CD2'


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