On Mit, 2004-02-18 at 05:55, Francois Lachance wrote: > phoney:~# apt-get install ntpdate > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package ntpdate > > What could be wrong? Searching through the archives, nothing obvious jumps > at me...
The error means that apt-get couldn't find the package "ntpdate" in it's list(s) of available packages. This could be a) due to a spelling error (though not in this case, I think. Still, remember that sometimes a package may be named different from what you expect. Try ftpd or emacs) or b) because it is actually not in the list. How to fix b): edit /etc/apt/sources.list -- this is the list of servers where apt-get (or deselect or aptitude or...) will look for packages. Once done, you need to run "apt-get update" and aptitude will go and retrieve the lists of packages available on the respective servers. No matter how often you change your sources.list, apt-get will know naught of it until you update the local copies of the package lists. cu, Schnobs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
