I didn't try the line you gave me just now, since I've tried similar lines before (lines that start with 'deb'), and Yoper says it doesn't understand it.
-Rich On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:10:40 -0600, Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * me lyman [Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 18:39 -0600] > > > > Sorry for the multiple posts but I've run into what seems to be a common snag: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib # apt-get install java-virtual-machine-dummy > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > E: Couldn't find package java-virtual-machine-dummy > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib # > > > > -Rich > > That's interesting, what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list? Try > putting the following line in there: > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/pub/debian stable main > then run apt-get update then try to install again. > > As for your update/upgrade question, it's good to run 'apt-get update' > at least once a week, but you don't have to do it every time. All it > does is download a fresh list of what packages are available from your > sources. 'apt-get upgrade' will go through and install any newer > versions available of packages you have installed. If you wait too long > between these, you can be waiting a long time for downloads when you do > do it. Again, about once a week. > > Von Fugal > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
