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Old 03-08-2006, 06:35 AM   #1
KjellAdne
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Problems with apt-get


Hey.

As I told in a previous post, my installation was kinda chopped, when it refused to use anything else than PPP to install packages. I've managed to get my nic up-and-running now, and I get ping-replys from the net. However, when I do a apt-get install xfce (or anything else for that matter) it turns up this error-message:
"reading package list.....done
Building pedendency tree...done
E: Couldn't find package xfce"

Any ideas how to fix this?
 
Old 03-08-2006, 07:00 AM   #2
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Code:
apt-cache search -n xfce
Will give you the list of packages that have xfce in their package name
=>
Code:
apt-get install xfce4
 
Old 03-08-2006, 07:03 AM   #3
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This message just means that package 'xfce' (or what else your typed "for that matter") was not found in any repository you declared in /etc/apt/sources.list

Did you first run "apt-get update" to refresh the package list ?
 
Old 03-08-2006, 07:17 AM   #4
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zeitounator: Thanks alot. Found out there was a # infront of all the sources. removed it,and now it works like a charm
 
Old 03-08-2006, 10:06 AM   #5
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you must run apt-get update before you install software with apt-get install ,download the package info from set,
 
  


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