On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:34:52AM +0200, Bj?rn Michelsen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 05:32:05PM -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
> 
> > I am starting to feel that the database of all that is one these
> > disks is not available to me.  Are the disks perhaps flawed? (hard
> > to believe, since the install went so well)   Is there any way of
> > adjusting something so that  apt-cache and aptitude work as well
> > as they did with my 'etch' DVDs?
> 
> Did you add them to your sources.list with apt-cdrom? That is,
> 
>   # -d being mount point
>   apt-cdrom -d=/cdrom add
              No I did not.  But I've just done so, with your
              suggestion just above -- did it with all my eight
              disks, as the output of the command suggested --
              and voila!  my sawfish and my Lilypond are now
              installed.

              My heartiest thanks to Mr Michelsen!!  Indeed, I
              think it is something of a miracle that I posted
              this query at 5pm EDT(USA) and within 1.5 hours
              I received a kind and cogent response that solved
              my problem.

              A general point, for the wonderful Debian developers:
              I feel that this apt-cdrom action should have been done
              automatically at the install, as it was with my
              etch DVDs.

              Back to playing with my CUPS, which is still giving
              me trouble<g>!

Best wishes to all, with a special tip of the hat to Mr Michelsen!

Alan McConnell, in Silver Spring MD

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