Package: apt Version: 0.3.13
actual message is : --- start --- Package foo has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, or that it is an obsolete package. --- end --- This is not true. This is most times when one didnt mention non-us and/or non-free in /etc/apt/sources.list better msg will be : --- start --- Package foo has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, that it is an obsolete package or that the package is in non-us or non-free and you didnt mention them in /etc/apt/sources.list. --- end --- or something similar

