Commands to use when mounting ISO and installing packages from ISOs. 1. copy over all the ISO images over to the server you want to use 2. Create a directory in /media/ call it mountpoint1 i.e >> mkdir /media/mountpoint1 3. edit /etc/fstab and add the this line /path/to/ISO/<debian-7.....iso> /media/dvd-mountpoint1 iso9660 loop,ro,user,auto 0 0 4. then mount the ISO image using this command : mount /media/dvd-mountpoint3 5. edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add this line deb file:/media/dvd-mountpoint1 wheezy main contrib 6. then run this command apt-get-update 7. Once you have run the above commands with no errors then you can start installing the packages by running apt-get install <package name> the installer will look for all the repository files in the ISO image set in the sources list. 7 very simple steps to a happy debain life.
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