How do I install the Kexi mdb driver

Tez binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Jul 3 14:38:49 UTC 2006


Art Alexion wrote:
> I tried to install with...
> sudo apt-get install kexi kexi-mdb-driver kexi-mysql-driver
>
> ...but I got...
>
> Package kexi-mdb-driver 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 kexi-mdb-driver has no installation candidate
>
> While installing the package kexi, I got...
> sudo apt-get install kexi
> ...
> Suggested packages:
>   kexi-mdb-driver
> Recommended packages:
>   kexi-postgresql-driver kexi-mysql-driver kexi-i18n
>
> Afterwards I did...
>
> sudo apt-cache search kexi
> kexi - tool for manipulating database objects in KDE3
> kexi-mysql-driver - kexi MySQL driver
> kexi-postgresql-driver - kexi PostGreSQL driver
> libkexi-dev - kexi development files
> libkexif1 - library for KDE to read/display/edit EXIF informations (runtime)
> libkexif1-dev - library for KDE to read/display/edit EXIF informations (devel 
> files)
>
> So where is the mdb driver?
>
>   
You need to enable the universe repository.
add "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe" to your
/etc/apt/sources.list
or use another mirror. Then do a "sudo apt-get update" and you can then
install it.

Tez






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