*- On 15 Jun, Barry Kauler wrote about "acroread --why can't package be
installed?"
> When I type
> # dpkg --list acroread
> The package lists with the letters "pn" at the start of the line.
> Such packages will not install, and there is an error message
> "no installation candidate" when I try to install it.
>
> Why, oh why is this?
> I don't have acroread currently installed, and there it is as a
> package, so why can't I install it?
>
acroread is in the non-free section of the archives. Do you have the
non-free section specified as a section to search for packages?
> What does "pn" actually mean?
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
pn gv <none> (no description available)
Follow the vertical lines.
p: Purged(a.k.a. you don't want to try and installed(i.e. it is not
select for install in dselect), not even config configs)
n: Not Installed(a.k.a. it is not currently installed)
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Brian
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