On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, rex wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to install nmap, and so I did "apt-get install nmap", > but I get this: > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Package nmap is not available, but is referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Package nmap has no installation candidate > > when I do "apt-cache pkgnames | grep nmap", I get nmap. > > googling shows me that nmap is at > http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/nmap.html, but I get "No such package" > > my sources.list file show: > > # > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r3 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD > Binary-1 20080217-11:31]/ etch contrib main > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r3 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 > 20080217-11:31]/ etch contrib main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib > > I did an "apt-get update" but that didn't work. > > Please help. Thanks! > > > try adding the following to your sources list : deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib
then run apt-get update and try to install nmap. also see: http://packages.debian.org/etch/nmap Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
