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Okay, so I haven't installed Debian in quite some time, but I think I know what's happening here.
It's looking for the CD / DVD "repos" because it may be enabled in your apt sources. You just have to comment out the lines involved with CD and DVD in your /etc/apt/sources.list file I think.
Uh, yeah. Cheers
Since OP is new to linux I'll just add this in case it's helpful.
To edit a file owned by root (super account) you can use
sudoedit /etc/apt/sources.listor alternativelysudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listin a terminal.In the editor save by using the key combo
Ctrl+Sand exit withCtrl+X.Commenting is adding a
#in front of the line.so the file should look like something like this
Right, thank you. I haven't had my coffee yet. I should have been more clear.
Question: can this be done via a graphical interface (eg like
software-properties-kdein (K)ubuntu)?yes it can be changed just to un check the box that says Cdrom in sources list. you may need to install that package as im not sure it is installed on debian by default. I start with a minimum install and build my system from there so it's been a long time since I have seen a default install.
Cheers! Good to know for when I also switch to Debian :)
To add to what @lordnikon said, the program is called Software & Updates and I'm pretty sure it's installed by default in GNOME (don't know about other DEs).
Cheers! Yes it's the same as in KDE. The command-line call is
software-properties-gtkorsoftware-properties-kde.Oh my lord thank you! I heard alot about the sources.list, I just had no clue what it was or where it was.