Vwaju:
> Here's the output:
>
> Reading package lists...Done
> Building dependence tree...Done
> wget is already the newest version
> Package xlispstat is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is
> only available from another source.
> E: Package xlispstat has no installation candidate
This message actually telly you almost exactly what's wrong: you asked
apt to install a package named xlipstat, but there is no package with
that name.
In cases like these, it's best to search the apt database for a similar
package:
$ apt-cache search xlispstat
ilisp - Emacs interface to LISP implementations
ess - Emacs mode for statistical programming and data analysis
When inspecting these packages using 'apt-cache show $package' it
appears that they don't provide what you need.
> It appears that I have to download xlispstat before I can download any
> of the other packages.
No, it's just that apt-get is a bit stubborn in this case and prefers to
do nothing at all if it cannot fulfill all of your wishes. Just leave
out xlispstat when repeating the install command and apt will do it.
By the way, aptitude is the preferred package manager since (IIRC)
sarge.
> Where should look for xlispstat (since it's
> apparently not available at the network mirror ftp.us.debian.org that
> I chose when I configured Debian.
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xlispstat
This shows that it was available in sarge (stable Debian version before
etch). You might have success fetching the .deb manually and installing
it with 'dpkg -i $package.deb'. But beware that dpkg doesn't handle
dependencies.
J.
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