On Monday 18 August 2008 05.21.09 Jude DaShiell wrote: > Earlier I was having problems installing podracer; clamav, and nethack on > lenny.
What problem? What you wrote earlier was in Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was: > The packages could be installed using a command line > like: aptitude -y install clamav nethack-console podracer -r <cr> and I > have main contrib non-free enabled in my sources.list file. ..and that says you *could* install them. If it was a simple typo, what was the error that you received when you tried to install? > That version of lenny was built with upgrades starting with etch. > Earlier I downloaded mini-beep.iso which only installs a current lenny > system and kernel on my computer. There were no problems installing any > of those problem packages once I had installed mini-beep.iso's > distribution. This is ultimately a package management problem and > definitively points at dpkg. Again, what errors--if any--did you receive the first time? Just saying "it didn't work and it's dpkg's fault" isn't very helpful. I was able to install those packages without a problem in Lenny and Sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]