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Re: apt-get problem



> I've screwed around with apt-get and dselect so much that whenever I try
> to install a package I get the following message:
> 
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> yossarian:/home/dlm# apt-get install eterm
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Package [eterm] has no available version, but exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents 
> of sources.list
> E: Package eterm has no installation candidate
> 
> Is there any way to remedy this?
> Here's how apt-get is reading the sources file:
> 
> # apt-get update
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/main Packages   
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/main Release    
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Release 
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://pandora.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com unstable/main Packages
> Hit http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com unstable/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Release
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> 
> Thanks for any help


What is the content of /var/lib/dpkg? What is the output of dpkg -L eterm?
Perhaps you should purge it and then install it again?


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