On Thursday 30 November 2000 08:28, Alistair Whittle wrote: > Hi, > > Using 'apt-get install zip' worked like a charm to install the zip package. > However, using the 'unzip' variant, the following error occurred: "Package > unzip has no available version, but exists in the database. This > typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependancy, but was > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the sontents of > sources.list."
That package is separated out into some section that you don't have in your sources.list file For example, I use deb ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/.1/linux/debian stable main contrib non-free ... this location is not responding to me right now, so I've commented it out for now. Do you have all of the sections "main contrib non-free" for your favorite site(s)? It might also be in a non-US mirror if it has encryption capabilities (stupid US encryption laws!). I have deb ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free (I'm also using this for the other debian packages by deleteing "non-US" fromt he above). -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
