Re: Q about aptitude (was Re: where is angband?)

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

On 3/10/2010 9:58 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-10 21:42, Tom Furie wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > On 2010-03-10 16:47, Martin wrote:
> > > > > > I downloaded 5 DVD Lenny 5.0.4.
> > > > > > As I was browsing packages with aptitude I noticed that there
> > > > > > is angband-doc but angband is (UNAVAILABLE).
> > > Why wouldn't it be this?
> > >
> > > root@haggis:~# apt-get install foobar
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > E: Couldn't find package foobar
> >
> > Because he's using the aptitude tui (should that be c(urses)ui?). If a
> > referenced package is not available, then it shows (UNAVAILABLE) next to
> > the package name.
>
> How would aptitude know about angband if OP didn't put non-free in
> sources.list?

When dealing with Sid, it's common to have packages that depend on 
packages that don't seem to exist, which leads to no end of frustration. 
 I can't say whether it should be possible under Lenny/stable, but it 
happens in Sid frequently (since renaming and other transitions occur 
there) and occasionally in testing.