Error in apt-get

zoobave · 07-05-2007, 11:55 PM

Hi,
When i try to install the Mozilla NSS development package, i got the following error. How can i resolve this?

Code:

root@dvm-desktop:/home/dvm/mono/moon# apt-get install  mozilla-nss-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package mozilla-nss-devel is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package mozilla-nss-devel has no installation candidate
root@dvm-desktop:/home/dvm/mono/moon#

regards
Zoobave
http://zoobave.blogspot.com/

studioj · 07-06-2007, 12:42 AM

i'm not really sure bacause i have never used either but
libnss3-dev
might be what you are looking for ?

jay73 · 07-06-2007, 01:20 AM

I think it would be convenient if you could simply launched Synaptic Package Manager and check whether you got the name right in the first place.

nx5000 · 07-06-2007, 06:51 AM

Or use the aptitude TUI
Or use bash completion

Code:

. /etc/bash_completion
apt-get install <TAB>
libnspr4           libnss3            libnss-db          libnss-mysql
libnspr4-0d        libnss3-0d         libnss-extrausers  libnss-mysql-bg
libnspr4-0d-dbg    libnss3-0d-dbg     libnss-ldap        libnss-pgsql1
libnspr4-dev       libnss3-dev        libnss-lwres       libnsuml-java
libnspr-dev        libnss3-tools      libnss-mdns

TuxSurfer · 07-06-2007, 08:55 AM

The error is self explanatory, it is not available as a stand alone package in the repositories you have available to your system. You will have to find the package someplace else or you will have to find a repository that has the package and add it to your list of available repositories.

archtoad6 · 07-10-2007, 01:04 PM

TuxSurfer, is right (spot

) on.

BTW, it would help it you would tell us which of the many Debian- based distros you're using. Then we might be able to determine if there is a solution that won't break things.

Even w/ apt-get sometimes dependencies can't be resolved; the beauty of it is it tells you what's wrong quickly & doesn't break stuff figuring it out.