Thread: CVS installation package

hey all
am trying to install cvs on my ubuntu and getting this message:-

gnuworld@muhamad-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install cvs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package cvs

wt to do ?

Hi eawedat,
Which ubuntu do you use? Hardy, karmic? Please tell us what you have for these commands :
cat /etc/issue
and
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Maybe you don't have the right repositories configured to get cvs.

And please use aptitude instead of apt-get !!!

Amandine

hi fab4am

Ubuntu 9.10 \n \

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sources.list

deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic main restricted
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic main restricted
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic universe
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic universe
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates universe
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates universe
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic multiverse
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic multiverse
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-updates multiverse
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src Index of /pub/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
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gnuworld@muhamad-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install cvs
[sudo] password for gnuworld:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Couldn't find any package matching "cvs". However, the following
packages contain "cvs" in their description:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Couldn't find any package matching "cvs". However, the following
packages contain "cvs" in their description:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done


i hope u can help ,,
thanks a lot.

Ok, did you try aptitude update before trying to install?

If aptitude update shows no error and it still doesn't work after, try replacing in your /etc/apt/sources.list "http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu/" by "http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/". You can do that with this command :

Code:

sudo sed 's/http:\/\/mirror\.isoc\.org\.il\/pub\/ubuntu\//http:\/\/il.archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\//g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

Then aptitude update && aptitude install cvs

Amandine

why do you i have to write your code?
why sources.list is not updated already if i downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu

I mean why do i have to change if the release is updated??

I think its negative issue for Ubuntu

thanks.