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Old 05-11-2006, 06:24 PM   #1
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I need help in apt-get


hi guys
I have installed Mepis on my Laptop but the problem is that everytime I try to download an application using the apt-get I get this message :
user@mepis-box[~]# apt-get install xine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package xine 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 xine has no installation candidate

is there something wrong I've been doing ???
 
Old 05-11-2006, 07:03 PM   #2
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Can you post your /etc/apt/sources.list?

It sounds to me that xine doesn't exist in your repository, but is "referred to by another package". It could be something simple like a web plugin or font or skin or security update only, and that xine itself isn't there...
 
Old 05-12-2006, 07:22 AM   #3
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this is the /etc/apt/sources.list:
# See sources.list(5) for more information

# This file should be edited through synaptic
# New sources should be added only in the section at the end of this file!

# Primary
# deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free

# MEPIS apt pool - specific packages available on-line
deb http://apt.mepis.org/3.4 etch main

# mplayer
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main


can you please tell me what's wrong ???
 
Old 05-12-2006, 10:35 AM   #4
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Change to this:

# Primary
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free

# MEPIS apt pool - specific packages available on-line
deb http://apt.mepis.org/3.4 etch main

# mplayer
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main

Then apt-get update
apt-get install xine

Edit: Do read carefully any messages you get as Debian testing may want to remove important things as there are a lot of changes going on.

Last edited by anticapitalista; 05-12-2006 at 10:37 AM.
 
Old 05-12-2006, 04:34 PM   #5
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I still have the same problem !!!!!

I had this error when I ran " apt-get update "
W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

then when I ran this command I had this message :

user@MEPIS-BOX[~]# apt-get install xine-dvdnav
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package xine-dvdnav 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
However the following packages replace it:
libxine1
E: Package xine-dvdnav has no installation candidate
 
Old 05-12-2006, 05:05 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delicate_Shadow
I still have the same problem !!!!!
No, you actually don't. You have a different "problem" (if you can call it that)...

Quote:
I had this error when I ran " apt-get update "
W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
You can ignore that problem. It's refering to the ftp.nerim.net software repository. That's the unofficial mplayer software repository, which houses non-free w32 codecs and dvd decrypt also.

Quote:
then when I ran this command I had this message :

user@MEPIS-BOX[~]# apt-get install xine-dvdnav
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package xine-dvdnav 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
However the following packages replace it:
libxine1
E: Package xine-dvdnav has no installation candidate
You don't need xine-dvdnav. As it says, this is an obsolete package replaced by libxine1 functionality.

I use libxine1, and with xine based media players I'm able to use DVD navigation menus just fine. (Well, for DVDs which work, that is. Some DVD's just don't work right in a computer.)
 
Old 05-12-2006, 05:31 PM   #7
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To solve the nerim part the first thing you mention
see the Mepislovers wiki:
http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org/inde...vailable_error
 
Old 05-13-2006, 05:04 AM   #8
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thnax everyone
it's working fine now
thanx again
 
  


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