“media change: please insert the disc labeled” when trying to install Ruby on Rails [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here: How can I avoid “please insert CD/DVD” error when updating Ubuntu? 2 answers When I type sudo apt-get install rails I get the message: media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20130820.1) in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press enter I am new to Linux and I have the installation CD in the drive, but I have no idea what disc it is asking for and I'm not sure what /media/cdrom/ means. All I have is the installation CD and it is in the only optical drive I have. apt share improve this question edited May 23 '15 at 0:05 Braiam 43.6k 16 108 174 asked Dec 5 '13 at 2:12 user222230 81 1 1 3
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Just remove the cdrom entry from the sources.list file. This can be done easily: sudo sed -i '/cdrom/d' /etc/apt/sources.list This should take care of the problem. The message is because somehow you still have the cdrom entry in your sources.list file, you can check the content of the file using: grep -v '#' /etc/apt/sources.list This will show you all the repositories you have activated. share improve this answer answered Dec 5 '13 at 2:16 Braiam 43.6k 16 108 174

Which commands enable the DVD/CD on the installation USB stick, if one decides to continue using the packages on the downloaded ISO? –  user75798 Mar 25 '14 at 5:41 @user75798 you know that all the packages provided in the ISO are already installed, right? –  Braiam Mar 25 '14 at 6:06 A more cautious approach would be to edit the sources.list vi /etc/apt/sources.list and add a # in the lines to be removed. –  Underverse May 14 at 13:05 add a comment