Make sure that you have the non-us lines in /etc/apt/sources.list uncommented 
then run apt-get update and then do apt-get ssh. Also it might be a good idea 
to tr another mirror. 

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 04:10:55PM -0700, Andy Davidson wrote:
> I just installed Debian potato (2.2r0, I think; got the CDs from
> CheapBytes) onto my PC and want to use ssh to connect to other machines.
> But I can't find the package to install it.  I gather from the web site
> that it is non-USA, but how does one find and install it using apt-get?
> When I try, I get the following responses:
>       sulu:~# apt-get install ssh
>       Reading Package Lists... Done
>       Building Dependency Tree... Done
>       Package ssh has no available version, but exists in the database.
>       This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
>       never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the 
> contents 
>       of sources.list
>       E: Package ssh has no installation candidate
> 
> I am new to Debian but not to Linux if that would tailor your answers.
> 
> andy
> 
> 
>       Andy Davidson   --- Pheon Research
>    If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
> 
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