I downloaded and burned my own "official" Debian Slink 2.1 cds. There
are two "binary" cds.
I downloaded these while at school while I had an ultra-fast
connection so that I can use apt-get on the cdrom, rather over the
much slower (and costly) modem.
My question -- I have been successful installing packages that reside
on the first CD, but this does not work for packages on the second
CD. For example, the package "cnews" is stored on the second CD, but
if I try to do a "apt-get install cnews," I get the following error:
E: Package cnews has no installation candidate
This is with cd 2 in the drive and mounted. So I figured that maybe I
have to run "apt-get update" with the second CD in the drive and
mounted (previously, I had ran "apt-get update" only on the first
CD). But when I run apt-get update on the second disc, I get this
error:
E: Line 2 in package file
/var/state/apt/lists/cdrom_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages
has no :.
E: Package file
/var/state/apt/lists/cdrom_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages
line 2 does not start a package
Any ideas?
Thanks,
MG
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"And though the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning."
--Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
