> Package pine 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
>
> so i went to the net.. all that is on the net is a pine src .deb and a
diff.deb
> and i am a little bit stuck.
> i dpkg -i both the pine src deb and the pine diff deb and they both got
zapped
> into /usr/src/pine4
Ah... Of course. Had I known more about pine I could have answered this for
you.
You'll need to add the Debian sources (as in source code) line to your
sources.list:
deb-src http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian unstable main contrib non-free
(swap unstable for stable or potato if you're running it)
Then you need to apt-get update (of course) and then, apt-get source pine.
If I'm not completely mad, this should satisfy the source dependencies too
(such as ncurses as you've come across) - obvious "I haven't done this with
pine" disclaimers apply.
Moral of the story: Always try an apt solution before a less apt solution!
:)
- Jeff
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