Web to Install Programs ?

David Curtis dcurtis at uniserve.com
Sun Aug 2 14:45:50 UTC 2009


On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:32:26 -0600
"Edwin McGuire" <mcguiresmain at emypeople.com> wrote:

> Must I have the web to install programs from disk.(Ubuntu 9.04 CD &
> DVD Disk) i only have email right now.seems program wants internet
> connection even for programs on disk. Thanks in advance Ed 
> Pueblo, Colorado. USA

You need to enable the cdrom in Applications->System->Software
Sources->Third-Party Software. Even though update-manager will try to
check the archives for updates it should not prevent you from
installing packages from the cdrom.

Dave




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