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Re: Where is contrib?



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hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> writes:

> I jigdoed the first 6 Sarge CD's, so they are uptodate.
>
> In e.g. the last one, #6, I can see contrib packages:
> /dists/sarge/contrib/binary-1386/Packages
> /pool/contrib/b/batik
> both have "batik".
>
> But when I do synaptic, none are listed.
> Nor in aptitude.

IIRC, the CDs do not contain non-free (for obvious reasons) and do not
include contrib (because contrib packages always depend on non-free
packages).  You need to use apt from a network to use contrib and
non-free.

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