add/remove software

[Derek Broughton]

Peter Garrett wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:50:26 -0500
> Erik Schmidt <eschmidt90 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Package libc6-dev 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
>> However the following packages replace it:
>>   libdb2-dev
>> E: Package libc6-dev has no installation candidate
> 
> Try
> 
> sudo apt-get install build-essential
> 
> Alternatively, install  libdb2-dev , since the message says it replaces
> libc6-dev :)

That's scary, and wrong.  There is NO possible way libdb2-dev (Berkely
Database!) replaces libc6-dev.  What the package actually says
is "Replaces: ... libc6-dev (< 2.2.1-1)" (and the edgy version of libc6-dev
is 2.4+), but even that seems wrong.
> 
> But I think you will find "build-esssential" gets what you need:

indeed.
-- 
derek