On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 06:33:27PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 1999, Kent West wrote: > > And, where is it? I've got my apt sources.list pointing to stable main > > contrib non-free, but "apt-get install ssh" returns a message that "ssh > > is mentioned in the database but there's no installation candidate, > > which probably means the package is obsolete" (summarized). > > What does the message "no installation candidate" actually mean? > I've got that sometimes when I've tried to install a package, and > I've had no idea what to do about it.
I think it means that APT knows that the package used to exist, but it doesn't any more. Hence there is no installation candidate. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.