On 2019-06-01, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > It can happen that a line such as > > deb file:///home/richard/dvdmount pool/main/ > > gives the error message " ... does not have a Release file > > Leaving aside the validity of the line, this message is an indication > that an option has not been delivered to apt correctly. >
man apt-cdrom It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns. /etc/fstab /home/richard/dvdmount /mnt/dvdmount iso9660 user,loop 0 0 with mount-point mounted apt-cdrom -m -d=/mnt/dvdmount add if apt persists in asking for insertion of the disk apt.conf Acquire::cdrom::mount "/mnt/dvdmount"; APT::CDROM::NoMount; Worked for an anonymous user on the internets, which is pretty damn persuasive. -- “Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around assholery.” – Thomas Pynchon
