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Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22

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On 04/01/2019 06:11 PM, Jason wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 07:23:49AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 03/31/2019 08:55 AM, bw wrote:
>>> In-Reply-To: <a96e19f6-dce3-215f-cba8-f67c60e5ccb0@cloud85.net>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>> The installation, having put the DVD1 ISO on a flash drive, encountered
>>>> no problems
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *HOWEVER* I need several packages [gparted, tcl, tk] which are in the DVD
>>>> image.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Synaptic is unable to install them:
>>>>   1. sources.list refers to a non-existent physical DVD.
>>>>   2. the default installation has no way of informing Synaptic
>>>>      that it should look for an alternate iso image.
>>>>   3. modifying sources.list was unsuccessful
>>>>
>>>> I added the line
>>>>
>>>>     deb "file:/media/richard/Debian testing amd64 1/debian" buster contrib main
> Looking at one of my sources.list files, I wonder if it shouldn't be
> 	deb "file:///media/ .......
> (3 slashes instead of 1) ??

I was wondering about that. I've never had a clear understanding of when 
to use 1 slash and when to use 3. I assumed that in this case 1 was 
acceptable because how Synaptic's error message was phrased when 
attempting Edit --> Reload Package Information.

> 
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> The line left by the installer usually looks something like:
>>> deb cdrom:[Name of CD/DVD - The word Official and the Date]/ buster main
>>
>> Yes, but ... <chuckle>
>> By default automount of flash drives is enabled and
>>     /media/richard/Debian testing amd64 1/debian
>> is how the system identifies the mounted flash drive.
>> [And I've forgotten how to disable automount]
>>
> My experience with automounters is that if you unmount / eject manually,
> it won't auto remount until you unplug and replug the drive. So from the
> file manager, select the mount point and from the right click menu
> select 'unmount', 'eject', 'safely remove', or whatever your file
> manager calls it, and then you should be able to mount it manually (from
> a terminal) wherever you want it.
> 
> $ sudo mount /dev/$DEVICE /media/cdrom

That's not so clear cut. MATE's Caja offers 2 choices ["Eject" and 
"Safely Remove Drive"]. Both remove it from MATE's Places menu. Using a 
subsequent mount command will mount it "read only". Have not checked for 
other ramifications.

> 
>>
>>>
>>> and if you mount either the usb or the .iso to /media/cdrom then apt can
>>> find it and you can continue installing pkgs from it after first boot.
>>
>> Can't do that as it is already mounted. Tried another workaround and crashed
>> the system. Doing a re-install now. As I've work to do, I'll install
>> manually install the needed packages before closing the installer.
>>
>>>
>>> Haven't people warned you that apt or apt-get is preferred over synaptic?
>>
>> Opinions differ ;/
>>
>>> Do it the easy way.
>>
>> That's why I use Synaptic.
>> Besides I suspect a typical user will use a GUI when possible.
>> I have found a problem and believe I should document it. Besides, before
>> retirement, I was an inspector. Concern for "minor" details is my nature.
>>
>> Thank you.
> I believe synaptic lets you configure the sources without manually
> editing sources.list. See Settings > Repositories .

I found that after I posted. Didn't have time to fully investigate. I 
didn't act as I expected. Need to pursue documentation.

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Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22 bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2019-03-31 16:20 +0200
  Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-01 14:30 +0200
    Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22 Jason <electron@emypeople.net> - 2019-04-02 01:30 +0200
      Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-02 12:40 +0200
        Re: BUSTER install - CATCH-22 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-02 12:50 +0200

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