Add repositories to Ubuntu server 14.04

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I just booted 1st time into Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 LTS (no GUI), enabled UFW, went to update with sudo apt-get update and the results showed this:

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64    (20140722.3) Trusty InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.3) Trusty/main Translation-en_CA
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.3) Trusty/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.3) Trusty/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.3) Trusty/restricted Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done

This is not what I expected to see. In my current desktop environment there is a long list that scrolls past in the terminal.

I assume that there are no repositories listed in the /etc/apt/source.list (haven't figured out how to read contents of that file yet)

What should I do?

The content of /etc/apt/source.list would be very useful indeed. If you don't have a GUI, you can upload it to a pastie from command line: curl -F 'clbin=</etc/apt/source.list' https://clbin.com — David Foerster, Oct 25 '14 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 12 '17 at 20:37

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I found the solution and added the repository link:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main

I edited the /etc/apt/sources.list file and removed the cdrom upgrade source using:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Now I can update and install more packages.

edited Feb 12 '17 at 20:37

Zanna

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answered Oct 25 '14 at 09:10

newbuntu1

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '14 at 07:26

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The file which lists out the repositories is sources.list. You can check its contents by keying in
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
into the terminal

answered Oct 25 '14 at 07:26

astrob0t

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Add repositories to Ubuntu server 14.04

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