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Old 06-15-2005, 01:29 PM   #1
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cannot install unrar on Debian Sarge Stable


hi

I cannot install unrar on Debian Sarge Stable and get following errors:

# apt-get install unrar
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Paket unrar ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen
Paket referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es veraltet
ist oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.
E: Paket unrar hat keinen Installationskandidaten

# apt-get install unrar-nonfree
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Paket unrar-nonfree ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen
Paket referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es veraltet
ist oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.
E: Paket unrar-nonfree hat keinen Installationskandidaten

knows someone what's wrong ?
 
Old 06-15-2005, 02:32 PM   #2
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As much as I could understand the german output, your apt-get doesn't have a source for the package. Go to apt-get.org and search for a source for it.
 
Old 06-18-2005, 02:06 PM   #3
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You most likely don't have non-free enabled in your sources.list file. Add non-free after main, run apt-get update and try again.

Code:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib
 
  


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