It's because icewm is available, but not as a precompiled binary. Check out
http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#bindist On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 08:12, Michael Olberg wrote: > Dear all, > > I am new to 'fink' and have so far installed only the bare essentials, > like fink itself and the X11 base package with the twm window manager. I > wanted to install the 'icewm' window manager and tried the following: > > > sudo apt-get install icewm > Password: > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package icewm has no available version, but exists in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > of sources.list > E: Package icewm has no installation candidate > > What does this mean? Obviously there is a package called 'icewm', do I > need to give a version number? > > Thanks in advance, > Michael > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
