Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> For instance, if I try to select only the packages I want and not select
> netscape-base-476 in dselect, I get the following dependency error
> message:
>
> communicator-spellchk-476 depends on netscape-base-476
> communicator-base-476 depends on netscape-base-476
> communicator-nethelp-476 depends on netscape-base-476
> netscape-java-476 depends on netscape-base-476
> netscape-smotif-476 depends on netscape-base-476
>
> and if I then go back and reselect netscape-base-476 I get
^^^
> netscape-base-475 depends on netscape-base-4; netscape-base-4 does
^^^
> not appear to be available.
You selected the wrong package (-476 vs. -475).
The netscape-base-4 package is in contrib. Is apt setup to use contrib?
The following suggests it isn't, since the navigator package is also in
contrib.
> Doesn't work either:
>
> starfish:~# apt-get install navigator
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package navigator
