[Wolves] RE: why does Ubuntu ask for cd

[David Morley]

>Deusiah wrote:
>
> >On 5/16/05, Andy Wootton <andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>... when I attempt to install portmapper through
> >>synaptic or apt-get, they ask me to put the original Warty beta CD back
> >>in. I've included ever Ubuntu repository I know of and I don't have the
> >>CD any more. I've Googled but...
> >>
> >>Can anyone tell me what is going on and can I fix it?
> >>
> >>
>Hi Andy,
>
>If you disable/delete the CD repository this should fix your problem.
>...
>Good Luck,
>Chris
>
>
>Chris,
>
>When you put it like that, its quite obvious isn't it? I'd worked out
>that I was going to have to find where the CD was specified but it
>hadn't occured to me that the CD was just another repository. I'd seen
>this problem once before with another package but it disappeared
>over-night. I guess the package was updated, so the CD was no longer the
>appropriate place to load from. Thanks very much. I've learned a bit
>more about the Debian Way.
>
>Woo

The first thing I do with any fresh install is delete the cd repository and 
add the universe and multiverse repos.  If your running 32bit ubuntu 
recomend adding the backports and other repos  listed in the guide very 
useful stuff on them.