[ILUG] Apt-Get problem

[Niall O Broin]

On 29 Aug 2004, at 10:11, Colin wrote:

>  I try apt-get for any package like joe and it is its not in the 
> listings
> In base-config, i scanned 4 cds i made with ISO;s on them and all i can
> install is a Mail Server.
>
> Surely theres more than a mail server on 4 cds??
>
> Should apt-get tell me what CD i need for joe or whatever package ?

Yes, provided it is on the CD and you have that CD in your sources 
list. In source.list on a woody (stable) box here, I have

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-2 
(20020718)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 
(20020718)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main

(In fact, those entries are commented out, and I have equivalent 
entries for loop back mounted ISOs of these CD like this

deb file:/data/woody/1 stable main contrib
deb file:/data/woody/2 stable main contrib

but the above is what you should have to use the actual CDs)
and I also have

deb http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian stable main contrib

for a nearby source of updated packages.


On a sid (unstable) box, I have

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 _Woody_ - LordSutch.com MiniCD i386 
Binary-1 (20020920)]/  \
unstable main non-US/main
deb http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main 
contrib non-free


Note the difference in the cdrom lines - yours will probably be 
different again, depending on what CDs you used. (Note also the 
difference in the nearby URLs - both of those are in HEANET - I've no 
idea why I used the differing URLS, except that the machines were 
installed at widely differing times and places).


If you have your sources.list set up correctly, then a simple   apt-get 
update ; apt-get install joe  should have you joeing away like a good 
thing. (The apt-get update is not strictly necessary for joe, but it's 
a good idea to get your local cache of what packages are available up 
to date, as it seems this may not be the case)


Niall