"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes:

    Sandip> hello all i am really sorry to ask such a basic
    Sandip> question. but i could not locate the help resources.

    Sandip> how do i install a 'virtual' package in aptitude? for
    Sandip> instance, i can see latex as a package in aptitude. when i
    Sandip> hit +, it does not get marked.

I don't use aptitude, but I can't believe things are that much
different there. You need to install a package that provides
latex. For example, tetex-base gives you the teTeX implementation of
TeX/LaTeX. 

Cheers!
Shyamal


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