From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 6/19/24 2:55 PM, Mark Bourne wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >> I had a ton of fun the other day when I uninstalled some necessary   
   >> network functions and could not use use Synaptic to retrieve them.   
   >>   
   >> Had down download from a different install and copy them to the drive   
   >> manually. A major PITA   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Today, I found a drive in my workshop with Debian 7 on it.   
   >>   
   >> That was what lead the way to Ubuntu for me.   
   >>   
   >> Just for the heck of it, I tried to see if I could add a component   
   >> using Synaptic.   
   >>   
   >> Since there were no valid on-line sources, it simply asked me to   
   >> insert the original distribution media and it was all taken care of in   
   >> a matter of seconds.   
   >   
   > On my Linux Mint system, /etc/apt/sources.list contains:   
   > ```   
   > #deb cdrom:[Linux Mint ...]/ focal contrib main   
   >   
   > # This system was installed using small removable media   
   > # (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"   
   > # entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.   
   > # For information about how to configure apt package sources,   
   > # see the sources.list(5) manual.   
   > ```   
   >   
   > I don't have an Ubuntu system handy right now, but as far as I recall it   
   > does something similar.  I don't know if you can just uncomment that   
   > "deb cdrom" line to re-enable installing from the original DVD?   
   >   
      
      
   That is exactly the problem.   
      
   The distribution is too large for a cd or DVD, it has to be on a USB stick   
      
   The only option from Synaptic other than an on-line repository is a cd   
   or DVD. There is no USB stick option.   
      
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