[nmglug] apt-get non-free

[Andres Paglayan]

yeah, I did the update and it fetches data from all options, but didn't 
try aptitude.
will do it this night,
thank you,

pi wrote:

> 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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