On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 00:37 -0500, Ian Stoner wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2005 18:49:01 -0500 > ptbecker <pt-becker at comcast.net> wrote: > To configure synaptic to pull packages from the 'net instead of from the > CD, edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list > > The first line will be something like: > deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary... > > Comment that line out, and uncomment the next line, which will be > something like: > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted > > Then run an apt-get update, and sy should pull packages from the > Ubuntu servers instead of from the CD. > > Ian Thanks for the tip. I know what/where to go to edit this file. Now my next problem which I thought about after I installed - How do I get root privileges? I don't remember a menu option to create a root password during the install. I need to go to root to edit this file (and a few other things). I installed kubuntu before this ubuntu run. The kubuntu install went fine, but once I ran knaptic I had serious problems. After 2 failures with knaptic I'm giving ubuntu a try. I have a comcast - once I turn my computer on I should have a connection to the Internet. synaptic will do upgrades without any problems, however, installing packages gives the cdrom issue. Thanks - Pete