On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 01:54:26AM -0700, furufuru@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp wrote: > Hello all, > > aptitude sometimes says some package is "not a real package". > For instance: > > $ aptitude show emacs-dl-wnn > Package: emacs-dl-wnn > State: not a real package > > When I try to install such a package using "aptitude install", > nothing is installed. Could someone tell me what this is? On my system, apt-cache show emacs-dl-wn gives me black, install says that package is unavailable. I think virtual packages are those which are actually generic software which have many options fitting the bill. For example, exim4, postfix, esmtp-run, sendmail etc. all `provide' the `mail-transport-agent' virtual package. See: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-virtual Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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