On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:26:08 +1200 Dexter N Muir <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > This is quite likely a 'newbie' question, but with history. > My system is Kubuntu amd64, originally installed as 14.04 and > upgraded. I had bypassed the login prompt, being the only > computer-literate denizen, but have since added eldest grandson to > the household. Somewhere along the line I lost the ability to > re-enable the password prompt at login, and having had no response to > my queries at kubuntuforums.net I gave up and formatted /, > reinstalling from the ground up. With this I have lost several > 'homebuilt' programs so tried rebuilding them. I ran up against a > brick wall: any attempt at reinstalling build-essential results in an > error: > > Media change: please insert the disc labeled > 'Kubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1)' > in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press [Enter] > > My reinstall was done from a live USB stick, so I have no CD/DVD disc. > > I've long been a user and fan of Lee's cvs script, and the git > variant, so tried this, hoping it might detect parts of > build-essential and just go get the other bits, but no: back against > the brick wall. Any hints here, anybody? > 73 > Dex, ZL2DEX My first guess is that you have not edited /etc/apt/sources This file contains a list of repositories from which you retrieve your basic programs like the build-essential set. Happy to converse by private mail if requested Liz VK2XSE _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
