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Re: Where is contrib?



Hello Hugo!

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 07:03:07AM -0600, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
> I jigdoed the first 6 Sarge CD's, so they are uptodate.
> 
> In e.g. the last one, #6, I can see contrib packages:
> /dists/sarge/contrib/binary-1386/Packages
> /pool/contrib/b/batik
> both have "batik".

Both mention a directory named 'batik', right? But there is only a
'libbatik-java' binary package built from a source package called
'batik'.

> But when I do synaptic, none are listed.
> Nor in aptitude.
> 
> And apt-get install batik gets "Couldn't find it".

Sure, there is no 'batik' binary package.

> Can anybody explain why I the presumably human can see the contrib 
> packages but apt-get or its friends not?

HTH,
Flo

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