Package: apt Version: 0.7.20 Severity: normal The following is my attempt to install liblzo2-2 on my laptop. I have installed it on other i386 machines running Lenny without any problem.
When inspecting the files under /var/lib/apt/lists the package seems to have the correct data. # apt-get install liblzo2-2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package liblzo2-2 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 liblzo2-2 has no installation candidate -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "False"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::CDROM ""; APT::CDROM::NoMount "true"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "50000000"; APT::Default-Release "stable"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Acquire ""; Acquire::gpgv ""; Acquire::gpgv::Options ""; Acquire::gpgv::Options:: "--ignore-time-conflict"; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/cdrom"; Acquire::cdrom::/cdrom/ ""; Acquire::cdrom::/cdrom/::Mount "true"; Acquire::cdrom::/cdrom/::UMount "true"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: liblzo2-2 Pin: release a=etch-backports Pin-Priority: 999 Package: debhelper Pin: release a=etch-backports Pin-Priority: 999 Package: * Pin: release a=etch Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=lenny Pin-Priority: 600 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ lenny main deb-src http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ lenny main #deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main deb http://www.coker.com.au lenny selinux #deb http://www.coker.com.au lenny misc #deb http://mirror.hro.nl/debian-multimedia/ lenny main #deb-src http://mirror.hro.nl/debian-multimedia/ lenny main -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 terminal-based package manager ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.14.24 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.7.1+nmu1 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org