Hi Charles, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: > [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let > me post follow-ups] > > Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have > a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > > I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output: > > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages > > However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed > packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main. Just to be sure: You are using lenny, and not squeeze ? :-)
And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-))) If I'm right (and they are in "new" right now), the following should work: If you execute "aptitude search emacs22-common", aptitude should find both "emacs22-common" and "emacs22-common-non-dfsg". and aptitude install emacs22-common-non-dfsg should install it. You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages" > > Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there > are a lot of basic things I don't know. > You could try: http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude which also refers to the apt-documentation http://wiki.debian.org/Apt and the "full" package-management documentation http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html HTH, Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512165033.GD28822@axel
