[Xastir] Rebuild

[Liz]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:26:08 +1200
Dexter N Muir <dexy at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi all
>     This is quite likely a 'newbie' question, but with history.
>     My system is Kubuntu amd64, originally installed as 14.04 and 
> upgraded. I had bypassed the login prompt, being the only 
> computer-literate denizen, but have since added eldest grandson to
> the household. Somewhere along the line I lost the ability to
> re-enable the password prompt at login, and having had no response to
> my queries at kubuntuforums.net I gave up and formatted /,
> reinstalling from the ground up.  With this I have lost several
> 'homebuilt' programs so tried rebuilding them. I ran up against a
> brick wall: any attempt at reinstalling build-essential results in an
> error:
> 
> Media change: please insert the disc labeled
>   'Kubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1)'
> in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press [Enter]
> 
> My reinstall was done from a live USB stick, so I have no CD/DVD disc.
> 
> I've long been a user and fan of Lee's cvs script, and the git
> variant, so tried this, hoping it might detect parts of
> build-essential and just go get the other bits, but no: back against
> the brick wall. Any hints here, anybody?
> 73
> Dex, ZL2DEX

My first guess is that you have not edited /etc/apt/sources
This file contains a list of repositories from which you retrieve your
basic programs like the build-essential set.
Happy to converse by private mail if requested

Liz
VK2XSE