On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:26:36 +0530 Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is what I did. <skip> > Different roads lead to the same roads I guess! Well you must have > guessed by now why I want to use CDROM for installation of packages. > > > On 8/13/13, Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > dvd1-mountpoint is a folder where I mount the iso and /media/apt1 is a > > symbolic link to dvd1-mountpoint. > > > > So now what I will do is I will just mount the iso directly into > > /media/apt1 where apt1 is a directory not a link. Will this work? Ok, try it like this: 1) Add to sources.list: deb file:/media/apt1 debian main contrib non-free 2) Comment out anything else in sources.list. 3) Run apt-get update. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130813193725.d65531dfa61f718ba3950...@gmail.com