[ubuntu-in] installation problem

[Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक]]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:57 PM, paramveer sran <paramsran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i m trying to install ns-allinone-2.34 on ubuntu 9.04 and getting the
> following errors. i m proceeding by using the following commands:
> $ cd / media/disk
> $ tar -xvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz
> then
> $sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
> param at ubuntu:/media/disk$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
> autoconf automakelibxmu-dev
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Couldn't find package build-essential


try

# aptitude search build-essential

If this doesn't show any package then it's time to check your
/etc/apt/sources.list  i.e. repository list

following link should help you to get your repository fixed

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty#Add_Repositories_using_Synaptic_Package_Manager



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With Regards
Abhishek Amberkar

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