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I'm running a Ubuntu server (9.0.4 'Jaunty') as a VMware image.

It's a real pain on the odd occasion I need to install a new package to have to fish out the install CD-ROM, and make it available to the VMware image so I can continue the package install.

Is there any way to take the original installation media out of the list of source packages - I'm assuming all packages will be available on the internet.

Thanks.

Andrew
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  • forgot to mention it's a headless server (no User Interface installed) - so if it's possible I'll need a command line solution – Andrew May 13 '11 at 09:21

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Yes, you can remove the CD-ROM (or or original installation media) from the sources.list

Edit the sources.list file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

And near the top, comment out the line that looks like this:

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090421.1)]/ jaunty main restricted

(comment is a hash (#) - so pop one of these at the start of the deb cdrom: ... line)

Press Ctrl+X to exit the nano text editor, pressing y to save your changes

Then finally you'll need to run:

sudo apt-get update

To update your package lists.

Andrew
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For 12.04 and 12.10

This feature i.e auto enabling of the installation medium as software sources is disabled in this release. The section is empty now by default and will say this:

To install from CD-ROM or DVD, insert the medium into the drive

Here is a screenshot added

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I think, this will be continued in the coming releases also.

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Anwar
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Go to System->Aministration->Software sources. Go to Ubuntu Software tab, at the bottom of the tab there is an option for CD/DVD. Selecting/deselecting it enables and disables CD/DVD as software source. Just un-check this option and your system will not look for Ubuntu CD or DVD

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binW
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  • this will not work for 9.04 – Takkat May 13 '11 at 10:45
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    09.04 does not have any official repositories (only non-updated unofficial). This will end up in errors due to main, universe, restricted and multiverse not being able to find the servers. For older releases see: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ – Rinzwind May 13 '11 at 10:47
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Official support for Ubuntu 9.04 ended in October 2010.

If you need to install new packages you may be able to download Debian packages that may still be compatible but for a proper maintenance including security updates a distribution upgrade is recommended.

You would have to upgrade to 9.10 before being able to upgrade to 10.04 LTS (the actual long term support version). Unfortunately support for 9.10 has also ended by the end of April 2011.

Therefore it would be best practise to reinstall your Ubuntu with 10.04 LTS server. With a backup of your /home before you do this you are able to preserve most of your individual settings.

If for any reason you need to stay with 9.04 you have no other option than keeping your CD-ROM as only source.

Takkat
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