Install Aperture by sharing DVD Drive

I just got an iMac and I want to install Aperture 3 from the DVD that I have. I also have a MacBook Pro with Mavericks on it. I want to put my DVD in my MacBook and share it with the iMac so I can install Aperture on the iMac. On the MacBook I selected the sharing option for the DVD drive and selected not to ask me. In the iMac I can see my MacBook, but I can't see the Aperture DVD.

Have you opened sharing on BOTH machines?
Here is a guide to remote disc (the name for the operation you are trying to do:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287?viewlocale=en_US

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