Debian – Aptitude on Debian 6.0.4 “media change” to CD ROM

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I've just installed Debian 6.0.4 on VirtualBox, and I'm trying to install g++. So, into the terminal I typed:

aptitude install build-essential

But it's trying to get the package from disk:

Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20120128-12:53' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press [Enter].

Why isn't it just downloading it from Debian's repositories? Can I change this behavior?

Best Answer

Comment the line in /etc/apt/sources.list that points to CD, that is add a '#' character at the beginning of the line, so that it looks similar to:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 20120128-12:53]/ squeeze main
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