Re: apt-get update

[Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:22:15PM -0500, Bill White wrote:
...
> Now, when I update, I frequently can't see packages with "dpkg -l",
> but I can install them.  That is to say, if the package libmumble 
> exists but is not installed, and I run "dpkg -l '*mumble*'" I used to
> get a line starting with "un".  Now, dpkg tells me that nothing
> matches '*mumble*'.  If, now, I run "apt-get install libmumble", the
> installation proceeds without any apparent problems.  This doesn't

Ha, bitten by this dselect/apt peculiarity too:) I find this confusing
too, dselect uses apt, you've done a "apt-get update" yet dselect
knows next to nothing.  To make dselect aware of changes in the
packet files you'll need to use dselect's Update menu.

-- 
groetjes, carel