[nmglug] apt-get non-free

[pi]

Andres Paglayan wrote:
> Hi All,
> simple question,
> this is my source.list
> 
> #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 
> Binary-2 (20050122)]/ unstable contrib main
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 
> Binary-1 (20050122)]/ unstable contrib main
> #deb http://security.debian.org/ unstable updates main contrib
> 
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
> deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
> 
> but,
> when i do apt-cache search I don't get any of those packages which I 
> know are in the non-free pool
> 
> Any clue?
> 

Silly question, but did you apt-get update? also, try running aptitude 
to see if each category splits into main, contrib, and nonfree
> Thank you,
> 
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