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[rohit bhute]

On 5/9/07, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net> wrote:

> Yes, this can be done, provided that the applications are
> actually on the DVD, e.g., I am not so sure about the JRE,
> presuming that you are referring to the Sun version. What
> you need to do is to add the DVD to /etc/apt/sources.list.
> Google should turn up various links telling you how to do
> this, e.g., http://www.debianhelp.org/node/6706 If you are
> unfamiliar with apt, and would like a GUI, try synaptic. It
> will let you easily add a CD/DVD as a source.

Try man apt-cdrom. The command (I think) is apt-cdrom add <device>.
You should unmount the drive first. I'm in office so can't chek the
specifics.
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Rohit V. Bhute
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