try apt-get update first before apt-get install unzip
possible there is a newer version and the packing listing you have is outdated. nate On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 07:39:03PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > I'm new to Debian, and I have a question about apt-get and why some > files are missing from its listing. > > Recently, I needed to use unzip, but it wasn't installed on my system. > So I tried 'apt-get install unzip', but it said the package was listed > in the database but was empty/obsolete/or whatever. Confused, I tried > 'apt-get install zip' and that worked fine. > > So I went to the package search engine on debian.org and searched for > unzip. It found copies in every distro (stable, testing, unstable). So > I downloaded the deb and installed it. > > But, why wouldn't it show up with apt-get? I had done 'apt-get update', > and had a couple different listings pointing to testing in sources.list. > > Thanks, > Brian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
