Re: apt-get isn't doing what I think it's supposed to

[Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>]

Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> I'm trying to install glitter (the news reader) on my new system. It
> complains about not having gnome-libs, which is fine, as I did not
> install gnome.
>
> So I "su -", and attempted to do the following;
>
> apt-get install gnome-libs
>
> and I get the following;
>
> apt-get install gnome-libs
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package gnome-libs
>
> I grepped the /var/lib/apt/*** (i can't remember the exact path) files,
> and found that the apt-get source, has gnome-libs listed.
>
> I'm not sure what the error "E:" means, nor am I not sure why it doesn't
> go out and grab the file(s) needed.
>
> Thanks

There is a /source/ package called gnome-libs, but no *binary* packages. 
 The equivalent binary packages are probably gnome-bin and/or 
gnome-libs-data though I am completely guessing at what you want to 
install.  More likely, you want to install something more specific and 
let whatever you mean by gnome-libs be drawn in as a dependency.