[SOLVED] install packages from cdrom thru the terminal

[80aless]

Hi,
I did something really really stupid: I did

sudo apt-get remove rarian-compat

because it was uncompatible with another package. It deleted a lot (gedit, synaptic, ubuntu-desktop ). Now I can only boot in the terminal mode (Alt+F1). I do not have internet either, just the ubuntu 8.10 live cd. I did

sudo apt-cdrom add

but I cannot find the necessary repositories for doing:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Do I have to put the cd rom in /etc/apt/source.list? and How?
Thanks,
Alex

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Did you execute sudo apt-get update command after adding CD?

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

[80aless]

Hi thanks for the reply,
Yes I tried those commands. The computer says that it cannot finds the repositories, and I see the URLs..
Alex

[80aless]

Hi and Welcome !

Did you execute sudo apt-get update command after adding CD?

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

in /etc/apt/sources.list I left only the live cd:
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (.....)]/ intrepid main restricted
but then I get:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop 
2	Reading package lists... DOne 
3	Reading ..etc Done 
4	Package ubuntu-desktop is not available, but is referred to by another package. 
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source 
5	E: Package ubuntu-desktop has no installation candidate

maybe I can put the packages in a usb, then mount the usb and install the debians? but how to find all the correct packages I need (I remind you that I did apt-get remove rarian-compat and it removed 200MB of stuff) ?
cheers

[80aless]

I fixed it! I had the list of all the stuff I had deleted, and I downloaded this stuff to my usb:

capplets-data_2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7_all.deb
fast-user-switch-applet_2.24.0-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
gedit_2.24.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-app-install_0.5.12-0ubuntu1_all.deb
gnome-applets_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-applets-data_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
gnome-control-center_2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7_i386.deb
gnome-panel_2.24.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
gnome-panel-data_2.24.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb
gnome-session_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-system-monitor_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-terminal_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-utils_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gucharmap_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
jockey-common_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu5_all.deb
jockey-gtk_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu5_all.deb
language-selector_0.3.17_all.deb
libgnome-window-settings1_2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7_i386.deb
nautilus_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
nautilus-cd-burner_2.24.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
nautilus-data_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
nautilus-share_0.7.2-0ubuntu7_i386.deb
python-software-properties_0.68_all.deb
rarian-compat_0.8.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
scrollkeeper_0.3.14-16ubuntu1_i386.deb
software-properties-gtk_0.68_all.deb
synaptic_0.62.1ubuntu10_i386.deb
ubuntu-desktop_1.124_i386.deb
update-manager_0.93.32_all.deb
update-manager-core_0.93.32_i386.deb
update-notifier_0.71.8_i386.deb
zenity_2.24.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

mount the usb and copy somewhere
s

u
mkdir /media/usb
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb
cp /media/usb/*deb /somepath

installed the debians one by one:

dpkg -i debian_file.deb

Thanks for the help!
Alex