Subj: Re: installed from floppies; mounted ext pcmcia cdrom.... Date: 00-12-10 11:47:43 EST From: DTi4565459 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:20:26PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 00-12-09 19:40:53 EST, you write: ... > for each cd in your cd-set do a "apt-cdrom add" (see man apt-cdrom) > > Thanks, that seemed to work OK. > > then do "apt-get update" and from now on "apt-get install" should work. > > OK. I'm hung again. Error message is: > > "W: Couldn't stat (sic) source package list...... Okee, I think this has top do with you not being on-line whilst doing this:) Go have a look at /etc/apt/sources.list. This is a list of places where apt will look for package files and package lists. You'll find there some lines describing your cd's (deb cdrom:...) and the standard lines describing where to go on the internet for packages (deb http:...). Uncomment the latter ones and you should be fine. NEW: Thank you I tried. Now when I try to apt-get update, error message is: "E: Malformed line 1 in source list" Took another look at sources.list: It reads: "Deb file://mnt/debian/dists/stable/ " I don't know what is wrong with this, as I can migrate to there on the cdrom and find the Contents-i386.gz file A better approach is to order this /etc/apt/sources.list list such that your cd-entries are at the top followed by entries to get in security fixes and proposed updates and eventually lines to get in the standard places. Then run "apt-get update" once whilst on-line so that apt can update its knowledge base from all specified places, and run it again from time to time to be sure not to miss new fixes and updates. Normally further "apt-get install..." can be done off-line, but ofcourse in case newer versions are out on the internet you'll have to be on-line to fetch them. And bytheway, it's better to keep such discussions on the list, as then you would benifit from the combined knowledge, not only to anwser your questions but also to correct my anwsers:) Thanks for the clue. Apparently my e-mail system does not do that automatically, but I will try manually. Thanks again, dave
