On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:22:15PM -0500, Bill White wrote: ... > Now, when I update, I frequently can't see packages with "dpkg -l", > but I can install them. That is to say, if the package libmumble > exists but is not installed, and I run "dpkg -l '*mumble*'" I used to > get a line starting with "un". Now, dpkg tells me that nothing > matches '*mumble*'. If, now, I run "apt-get install libmumble", the > installation proceeds without any apparent problems. This doesn't
Ha, bitten by this dselect/apt peculiarity too:) I find this confusing too, dselect uses apt, you've done a "apt-get update" yet dselect knows next to nothing. To make dselect aware of changes in the packet files you'll need to use dselect's Update menu. -- groetjes, carel
