Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-12 07:43, Thomas Anderson wrote:
[snip]
> todu:/home/tommy#
>
> Seems ok to me. The I get this:
>
> todu:/home/tommy# apt-cache policy
> Package files:
>  100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      release a=now
>   -1 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Translation-en_US
>   -1 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages
>      release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia
> Packages,a=stable,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
>      origin debian-multimedia.org

All these -1 values look odd/wrong to me.  Note how on my system 
that debian-multimedia has a priority of 500, equal to that of 
ftp.us.debian.org.  That could be your problem.

$ apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 file: apt-build/main Packages
     release o=apt-build,l=apt-build,c=main
 500 http://tovid.sourceforge.net unstable/contrib Packages
     origin tovid.sourceforge.net
   1 http://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.debian.org
   1 http://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.debian.org
   1 http://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org unstable/main Packages
     release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia 
Packages,a=unstable,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
     origin www.debian-multimedia.org
 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.us.debian.org
 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.us.debian.org
 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.us.debian.org
Pinned packages:



>   -1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Packages
>      release v=None,o=Backports.org
> archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=non-free
>      origin www.backports.org
>   -1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages
>      release v=None,o=Backports.org
> archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=contrib
>      origin www.backports.org
>   -1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
>      release v=None,o=Backports.org
> archive,a=lenny-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=main
>      origin www.backports.org
>   -1 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages
>      release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=non-free
>      origin volatile.debian.org
>   -1 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages
>      release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=contrib
>      origin volatile.debian.org
>   -1 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages
>      release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,l=debian-volatile,c=main
>      origin volatile.debian.org
>  500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages
>      release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free
>      origin security.debian.org
>  500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages
>      release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
>      origin security.debian.org
>  500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
>      release v=5.0,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security,c=main
>      origin security.debian.org
>  500 http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
>      release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=non-free
>      origin ftp.se.debian.org
>  500 http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages
>      release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=contrib
>      origin ftp.se.debian.org
>  500 http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Packages
>      release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian,c=main
>      origin ftp.se.debian.org
> Pinned packages:
>      flashplugin-nonfree -> (not found)
> todu:/home/tommy#
>
> I've never run that command before, but it seems ok to me..?
>
> And then this:
>
> todu:/home/tommy# apt-cache search videotrans
> videotrans - DVD authoring utilities
> todu:/home/tommy#
>
> Seems as it should be.
>
> Then I get this:
>
> todu:/home/tommy# apt-get install videotrans
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package videotrans 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 videotrans has no installation candidate
> todu:/home/tommy#
>
> Now that is not ok ;). Any suggestions/ideas?


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