Intrepid problems

[Karl Larsen]

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/08/2008 04:56 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>     
>>> On 11/08/2008 04:30 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>     I got Intrepid on my new lap top but it has some wierd problems. I 
>>>> tried to
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install thunderbird and joe and get the no such packages 
>>>> response.
>>>>
>>>> Is there no software like that for Intrepid?
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Well that tells me I can get joe. It is in a server but I CAN'T GET 
>> MY stuff to get it. What can be the problem?
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>     
>
> As is Thunderbird. I suggest that you check your software
> sources/repositories & /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> My _guess_ is that your sources are screwed up. What do you see when you
> do a standard 'sudo apt-get update'? 
    I just did the update and am getting 20 packages. It looks at least 
to me to be working right.


> If you see errors then that should
> provide a clue.
There appear to be no errors on the updates. I guess in fact I am using 
bad resorces for the other things. Now the Update Manager is giving me 
152 updates. I think maybe it will be ok tomorrow :-)

Karl


>  Also, you might want to try another repo server as quite
> often I find the standard Ubuntu repo servers to be unreliable.
>
>
>
>   


-- 

	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
   PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C  ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7