Ubuntu – “Software selection” step failure during Ubuntu 16.04 server installation

16.04hpserversoftware installation

I am installing Ubuntu 16.04 server on a new HPE ML150 hardware. After the installation finishes copying files it prompts for installing additional software.

What ever I choose at this step, the installation reports failure and prompts me to choose which step of installation to continue from.

Note that I was installing from a USB which I created using Startup Disk Creator in Ubuntu desktop.

Looking at the virtual terminal during this step, it seems that it is trying to get the packages from the CD-ROM rather from the internet. I assume that the internet connection works because in a previous step where it tries to figure the timezone by connecting on a timeserver, works fine.

Best Answer

Press Alt+F2 to enter the BusyBox shell
Change directory to /target/etc/apt:
```
cd /target/etc/apt
```
Copy sources.list.apt-setup to sources.list:
```
cp sources.list.apt-setup sources.list
```
Edit sources.list:
```
nano sources.list
```
Comment out the line beginning with deb cdrom so it looks like this:
```
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-...
```

Upgrade packages:

chroot /target apt-get update
chroot /target apt-get upgrade

Press Alt+F1 to return to the installer, and start Software Selection

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