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

[Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net>]

* Rodney D. Myers (rdmyers@pe.net) [030426 21:03]:
> 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.

I assume you mean you're compiling it from source, as 'apt-cache search
glitter' returned me nothing.

> 
> So I "su -", and attempted to do the following;
> 
> apt-get install gnome-libs
> 
> and I get the following;
> 
> apt-get install gnome-libs

Try 'apt-get install libgnome-dev' instead.

good times,
Vineet
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