Re: "netscape-base-4" dependency?

[Brian Frederick Kimball <bfk@footbag.org>]

Alex Chamberlain wrote:

> For instance, if I try to select only the packages I want and not select
> netscape-base-476 in dselect, I get the following dependency error
> message:
> 
>     communicator-spellchk-476 depends on netscape-base-476
>     communicator-base-476 depends on netscape-base-476
>     communicator-nethelp-476 depends on netscape-base-476
>     netscape-java-476 depends on netscape-base-476
>     netscape-smotif-476 depends on netscape-base-476
> 
> and if I then go back and reselect netscape-base-476 I get 
                                                   ^^^ 
>     netscape-base-475 depends on netscape-base-4; netscape-base-4 does
                    ^^^
>     not appear to be available.

You selected the wrong package (-476 vs. -475).

The netscape-base-4 package is in contrib.  Is apt setup to use contrib?
The following suggests it isn't, since the navigator package is also in
contrib.
 
> Doesn't work either:
> 
>     starfish:~# apt-get install navigator
>     Reading Package Lists... Done
>     Building Dependency Tree... Done
>     E: Couldn't find package navigator