Woodchuck, 25.11.2011: > > I added the "obvious" line: > > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze contrib non-free > > I then ran "apt-cache gencaches" with silent results. > > Then I ran apt-get: > > root@julius:~# apt-get install gcc-doc > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package gcc-doc is not available, but is referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'gcc-doc' has no installation candidate > root@julius:~# > > Perhaps there are other obvious things I need to find out about.
Did you run apt-get update, after you changed your sources.list but before trying to install gcc-doc? (I see you ran apt-cache gencaches. Not being familiar with that, I looked it up and I don't think it accomplishes the same thing as apt-get update.) -- 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/20111125221211.ga12...@cs.utexas.edu
