Loopback isn't as easy as it used to be. In lucid, apt-cdrom, synaptic, and update-manager are expecting to mount real hardware.
I worked around this by something like: sudo mkdir /mnt/image #append mount point information to fstab echo '/ext/precise-dvd-amd64.iso /mnt/image iso9660 user,loop,ro 0 0'>>/etc/fstab #requires root and plain sudo doesn't work, sudo gedit could be used instead #test: mount /mnt/image ls /mnt/image echo 'Acquire::cdrom::mount "/mnt/image"; APT::CDROM::NoMount;'>>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30local-cdimage #requires root and plain sudo doesn't work, sudo gedit could be used instead Then I could use the software to mount a cdrom image, though apt-cdrom still didn't work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525784 Title: APT should support scanning .iso for packages, as it scans CD-ROMs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/525784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
