hello, when attempting to install mysql server and client on a base debian 4.0 install I am getting the following error: Package mysql-server is not available, but is refered to by another package. Theis may mean the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package mysql-server has no installation canidate. I checked the sources.list, I am not sure if I need to add another source or what to do. Does anyone have any ideas?
yes, I will post it later this afternoon or this evening when I get some free time. It is the default list though, two entries for the cdrom which are commented out and the two default debian addresses. THanks for your reply.
I tried that Falko. The only thing in the sources.list file was the default package servers. I added the two servers you added in your Perfect Desktop for Ubuntu and ran apt-get update and was then able to intall mysql-server and mysql-client. I would think these packages would be in Ubuntu's default repository? Anyways I got it fixed, thanks for everyone's replies.
You should run apt-get update from time to time, because the packages in the repositories get updated from time to time and then don't match the ones in your local apt database anymore. I think this was the problem here.
