* me lyman [Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 18:39 -0600] > Sorry for the multiple posts but I've run into what seems to be a common snag: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib # apt-get install java-virtual-machine-dummy > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package java-virtual-machine-dummy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib # > > -Rich
That's interesting, what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list? Try putting the following line in there: deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/pub/debian stable main then run apt-get update then try to install again. As for your update/upgrade question, it's good to run 'apt-get update' at least once a week, but you don't have to do it every time. All it does is download a fresh list of what packages are available from your sources. 'apt-get upgrade' will go through and install any newer versions available of packages you have installed. If you wait too long between these, you can be waiting a long time for downloads when you do do it. Again, about once a week. Von Fugal
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