Hi Larry -- You said (ages ago, sorry): > > Trying to install libtiff3-gif says it depends on libtiff3, but the > dependency listing says libtiff3 doesn't appear to be available. > What's the deal here and how can I fix it?
This means that the list of available packages in dselect's memory does not include libtiff3. I believe you can fix this by executing dpkg --update-avail <Packages file> where the last argument is the full path name to a recent Packages file on your file system (or on a remote system if you're using dpkg-ftp), or you can use dselect, and choose the Access method again. This will cause dselect to run off and re-read the Packages file again. HTH, Susan Kleinmann
