Then I copied it across to the server that didn't have internet connectivity and can only be updated using the cdrom images.
Then I ran "dpkg -i apt_0.7.9ubuntu17.1_i386.deb" as root.
Then I could "apt-cdrom add" successfully. I did get some errors about "Skipping non-exisiting file", but I could apt-get upgrade / apt-get dist-upgrade successfully to 8.10.
Thanks for your help tz.
Just updating back here on how I fixed this for others in the same boat:
I downloaded the apt deb package from here: http:// packages. ubuntu. com/hardy- updates/ apt
Then I copied it across to the server that didn't have internet connectivity and can only be updated using the cdrom images.
Then I ran "dpkg -i apt_0.7. 9ubuntu17. 1_i386. deb" as root.
Then I could "apt-cdrom add" successfully. I did get some errors about "Skipping non-exisiting file", but I could apt-get upgrade / apt-get dist-upgrade successfully to 8.10.