apt-get cannot find packages in FC2

tarheel92x · 06-07-2004, 09:41 PM

I installed Fedora Core 2. Ran yum update. Installed apt-get from RPM. Ran apt-get update. Everything installed without error. When I run:

apt-get install synaptic

or

apt-get install mplayer*

all I get is "package cannot be found."

I have done this before in Fedora Core 1 so what is going on?

Thanks in advance!

tarheel92x · 06-07-2004, 09:50 PM

for anyone else having problems, just run:

apt-get mirror-select

and this will set up the sources.

heema · 06-07-2004, 09:50 PM

have u check ur sources.list to see it its empty or not ?

tarheel92x · 06-08-2004, 06:21 AM

Okay, I have successfully set up my sources using:

apt-get mirror-select

then running:

apt-get update

but in Fedora Core 2 Mplayer is not listed at all (NOTE: I am using synaptic to view available packages). I have selected all mirrors and still no Mplayer.

I have tried to manually install Mplayer before with a little success but when I did it using apt-get it was a breeze and it was perfect (Redhat 9 and Fedora Core 1). Thanks for any suggestions.

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nexx_au · 06-08-2004, 08:28 AM

I just installed FC2 and am having the exact same problem.
Selected all the mirrors, but sources.list is still empty and i cant seem to find any useful packages.

tarheel92x · 06-08-2004, 10:34 AM

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/....cgi?id=124036

Rathann · 08-25-2004, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nexx_au
I just installed FC2 and am having the exact same problem.
Selected all the mirrors, but sources.list is still empty and i cant seem to find any useful packages.

Copy this file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and uncomment URLs appropriate for your distro (one for "all" rpms and one for "fc2" rpms). Use the closest mirror. Then do apt-get update and you'll be able to install latest official MPlayer RPMs.