On 13 May 2011 01:38, Charles Blair <c-bl...@illinois.edu> 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. > > Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there > are a lot of basic things I don't know. >
There's a package in the repositories (in main) called aptitude-doc-en, I think from memory. You could check that be searching through the ncurses aptitude interface. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
