On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 14:24, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2009-08-12 06:19, Thomas Anderson wrote: >>>> >>>> I have the following entry in my sources.list file: >>>> >>>> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main >>>> >>>> But I cannot install any package from that repository. I get this error >>>> message: >>>> >>>> # apt-get install mencoder >>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>> Building dependency tree >>>> Reading state information... Done >>>> Package mencoder 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 mencoder has no installation candidate >>>> # >>>> >>>> I get the same error message from any package I've tried to install >>>> from that repository. I've apt-get updated, and it still won't work. >>>> >>>> I've got an Intel quadcore CPU (which means I'm on the AMD64 >>>> architecture, right?) and am running Debian stable (Lenny). Any >>>> suggestions as to how I can fix my problem? >>>> >>> Dumb question: did you remember to "apt-get update"? >> >> It's not a dumb question :). But, yes, I remembered to "apt-get >> update". So that wasn't the reason.. >> > > Then I'd do: > > $ apt-cache policy > > $ apt-cache search mencoder > > > (It might just be that mencoder isn't in the stable repos, though.)
I get this output when I do that: todu:/home/tommy# apt-get update Get:1 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny Release.gpg [197B] Get:2 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Translation-en_US [14B] Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Translation-en_US Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release.gpg Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny Release Get:3 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny Release [11.5kB] Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release.gpg Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Translation-en_US Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Translation-en_US Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile Release Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Get:4 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages [69.2kB] Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Packages Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Sources Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Sources Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Sources Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Sources Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/main Sources Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources Hit http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Sources Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources Fetched 80.9kB in 0s (95.4kB/s) Reading package lists... Done 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 -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? -- Regards, Thomas Anderson "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
