Re: E: Package proftpd has no installation candidate

[Jimmy Tak <f.l.tak@leden.snt.utwente.nl>]

It still doesn't work. I don't think this has anything to do with when I 
try it.


Kevin McKinley wrote:

> On Mon, 05 May 2003 14:35:49 +0200
> Jimmy Tak <f.l.tak@leden.snt.utwente.nl> wrote:
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> > I'm sure it has been asked before, but I couldn't find it. When I try to 
> > install proftpd I get the following error:
> >
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > Package proftpd 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 proftpd has no installation candidate
> >
> > I can't find it with apt-cache search either. I've tried several sources 
> > and I did my apt-get update's. Whats wrong here?
> >    
>
> I don't know. Generally when I get that message I can try again later and
> everything is OK. proftpd seems to be available now:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=proftpd&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
>
> Maybe you tried at exactly the wrong time?
>
> Kevin
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