cannot install with apt-get

[Matthew Kuiken]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>   
>> And as soon as I removed 
>> the lines corresponding to the cdrom, it installed fine from the web.
>>     
>
> I don't see how that can happen.  The CD is just another repository.  If the
> web repos have later versions than the CD, you should get the web versions.  
>   

But if the same version is on the CD and on the web, the installer 
prefers the CD in order to save download time. For those of us who don't 
always have the CD handy, but have a fast Internet connection, it is 
more convenient to remove the CD from sources.list.

-Matt