On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:02:52 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > # apt-get install build-essentials ^
Remove the last "s"... is "build-essential" sm01@stt008:~$ apt-cache search build-essential devscripts - scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier build-essential - Informational list of build-essential packages dh-buildinfo - Debhelper addon to track package versions used to build a package sbuild - Tool for building Debian binary packages from Debian sources > I think I am having some repository issue?? > > aptitude update gives me this: > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Sources ^ ^ ^ I can't see that stanza in your "/etc/apt/sources.list" but seems to be wrong :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.02.17.19.21...@gmail.com