Anatoly A. Kazantsev wrote: > P.S: I'm not on the list, please keep me CCed >... > I have installed lighttpd (same for nginx) on stable/testing, > but it doesn't provide httpd virtual package. But it did. It showed as "Provides: httpd" in your data. That is how it provides that virtual name. > Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi There it is. :-) What are you missing that you are expecting to see? I have not used Lighttpd but I do use Nginx and like it and could answer questions concerning the use fo it. > $ aptitude show httpd > No current or candidate version found for httpd The "aptitude show" command shows information about a package name. The httpd name is not a package name. Therefore aptitude does not show it. > Same result from apt-cache: > $ apt-cache show httpd > N: Can't select versions from package 'httpd' as it is purely virtual > N: No packages found Same thing for apt-cache. However apt-cache tells you it is a pure virtual name and not a package and no packages named httpd are found. I think that is a little nicer. > I'll post some other information if you need it. This is my first time on > debian-user@lists.debian.org Welcome to the mailing list! I have CC'd you as requested. Good job on making that request. The default otherwise would be to reply only to the mailing list. Bob
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