Update Debain

[terox13]

I've installed Debain off the first CD. Now I want more stuff on the second and third CD but I don't know how to get it. When I put them in it doesn't boot off them and when I'm in linux I don't know how I would get them. How do I get the programs and stuff off of the second and third CD?

[oz]

There's a section in the APT manual that shows how to add a cdrom to your software sources list:

APT HOWTO - Basic Configuration

[terox13]

Alright thanks for that, however I am still slightly confused. I used the
'apt-cdrom add' to add the CD to the sources.list, but now I don't understand how to install all of it. It says to use 'apt-get install' and then the package name but I don't know the name of any packages. All I know is I want to install everything on the CD. Is there another way to do this? Thanks for you help.

[oz]

I'm not really sure how you'd go about installing everything on the CD. Most people would never do that and install only what they want/need. I think there are something like over 18,000 packages on the 21 CDs, so this could make a real mess of your system. Most folks only install what's on the first CD until they want/need additional programs.

Have you checked out Synaptic (the GUI frontend to apt)? It's really easy to use and it might be a good way to view the files you can install. In fact, you could probably use it to list all the available packages and then tell it to install all of them if that's what you really want to do. Synaptic can probably be found on one of the Debian CDs if it's not already installed.

[jonantice]

I really doubt you want to install all of the next 2 cd. I would suggest just installing the kde or gnome desktop environment. (If they are on the first 3 cds).

apt-get gnome-desktop-environment gdm xserver-xorg-core

or

apt-get kde kdm xserver-xorg-core

Assuming you want a desktop environment.

[terox13]

Oh, alright. I think I understand how this works now. Thank you.