Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I thought I'd got apt-get to read my local cdrom but it seems I was wrong. It
> will update the packages but won't install anything. I have a Cheapbytes
> cdrom.
> 
> The entry in my sources.list is as follows:
> 
>       
>       deb file:/cdrom/debian  main/binary-i386/
> 
> The Packages file is read correctly. However, when I try to install a file I
> get an error message:
> 
>       Unable to stat /cdrom/debian/debian/binary-i386/...
> 
> In other words, an unwanted extra /debian/ gets into the path when apt-get
> tries to install a file.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way round this?

 Have you tried just leaving the 'debian' out of your sources.list entry?

 deb file:/cdrom   main/binary-i386

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