I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message:

"Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official
amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom"

I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick.

I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb".

Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable on a fresh installation?

Roger

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote:

I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message:

"Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official
amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom"

I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick.

I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb".

Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable on a fresh installation?

Roger

Did you install from a DVD copied to the USB stick.

If you weren't network connected at the time, check your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

You may find that the DVD entry is uncommented and all other entries are commented out with a # sign.

Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the network entries.

Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever.

And yes, this is by design: if you *only* have media and no network
connection, you may still want to install packages and /etc/apt/sources.list
is structured accordingly.

Hope this helps - with every good wish, as ever,

Andrew Cater
(amacater@debian.org)

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On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote:

I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I
specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message:

"Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official
amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom"

Did you install from a DVD copied to the USB stick.

I downloaded debian-12.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso from https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ and "dd"ed it to a USB stick.

If you weren't network connected at the time, check your /etc/apt/sources.list
file.

I was network connected when attempting to use synaptic and I can ping deb.debian.org .

You may find that the DVD entry is uncommented and all other entries are commented out with a # sign.

I checked /etc/apt/sources.list, and the top entry for the cdrom is uncommented,
as are the http entries.

Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the network entries. Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever.

Will do, when I master whatever editor is included in the base distribution.

Hope this helps

Yes it does, thanks, Roger

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On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET)
Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote:

I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After
I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the
message:

"Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_
Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom"

I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick.

I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom
Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb".

Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable
on a fresh installation?

There was a minor problem with the installation. The supply of software
during installation came from the CD (installation images work with
either CDs or USB sticks) and one of the last installation stages is to
change the software supply from the installation media to an Internet
source. It looks like at least part of that didn't happen.

The file /etc/apt/source.list should look something like this, maybe
with other commented lines (my installation was from a netinstall
image, not a DVD):

***************************************************************************

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot
amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot
amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib
# deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
#
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.

****************************************************************************

Make sure any CD lines are commented and that you have an uncommented
line showing

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib

maybe with a different URL. Now at a terminal, enter

sudo apt update

and see what happens. If there's an error, come back here with it. If
it churns out many lines of text, you're probably good.

There's nothing wrong with using Synaptic, and that should now run OK,
it's just easier to see problems using apt.


--
Joe

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On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:51:50 +0100 (CET)
Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote:

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

Edit the file to comment out the DVD entry and uncomment the
network entries. Then apt-get update / aptitude update or whatever.

Will do, when I master whatever editor is included in the base
distribution.

Mousepad is, but you shouldn't run anything graphical as root. The
built-in editors that I know of are vim and the similar nano, run from
a terminal. I never grew up with this style of editor, and I don't like
them, but they're OK for emergencies. There should be plenty of web
tutorials, you only need to do a few things.

Once you have installation working, there are other editors. I like the
editor in Midnight Commander (package name mc) for quick tweaks and
Geany for coding work. Many people favour emacs, but I've never been
that serious.

--
Joe

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Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET)
Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote:

I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After
I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the
message:

"Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_
Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /media/cdrom"

I do not have such a CD. I installed from a USB stick.

I tried to continue and received the message "Failed to fetch cdrom
Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1/pool/main/r/rsync/rsync-3.2.7-1-arm64.deb".

Why does synaptic need firmware? Is synaptic supposed to be usable
on a fresh installation?

There was a minor problem with the installation. The supply of software during installation came from the CD (installation images work with
either CDs or USB sticks) and one of the last installation stages is to change the software supply from the installation media to an Internet
source. It looks like at least part of that didn't happen.

This happened to me when I installed 12.7 on a couple of systems a few
weeks ago. The installation completed without any errors or anything
but, like the OP, when I tried to add/update any packages apt tried to
do it from a non-existent CD/DVD.

This was a new installation done from an ISO on a USB stick.

Easy to fix if you know what the problem is (and if you like using vi,
as I do).

--
Chris Green
·

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On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Joe wrote:

The file /etc/apt/source.list should look something like this, maybe
with other commented lines (my installation was from a netinstall
image, not a DVD):

***************************************************************************

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Bookworm_ - Official Snapshot
amd64 NETINST 20211021-15:01]/ bookworm main

****************************************************************************

Make sure any CD lines are commented and that you have an uncommented
line showing
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib

I used xedit as root to comment out the deb cdrom line, so sources.list now looks like your example. Package installation now works correctly with synaptic.

Roger

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