Problem with courier in the "Set Up Ubuntu-Server 6.10 how to"

Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by Freak Willie, Apr 27, 2007.

  1. Freak Willie

    Freak Willie New Member

    Hi there, everyone. I was doing the "Set Up Ubuntu-Server 6.10 As A Firewall/Gateway For Your Small Business Environment" how to and then in the first step of the third page where I should apt-get the courier-authlib-mysql. When I do this I get a message that says that this package isn't available but got references by other package. I tried to dowload it myself and install but it got dependences that got dependences themself. So I thought the mistake can be somewhere else since that how to is very simple. I shouldn't be getting this mistake. Any idea of what could be happening? Oh, apologizes for my english and my linux knowledge, I'm either a starter in linux and not english mother-languaged.

    Thanks anyone.
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    What's the exact error message you get?
    What's in your /etc/apt/sources.list?
     
  3. Freak Willie

    Freak Willie New Member

    Well, since the error message is wrote in portugues I can't just copy and paste it, so I'll try to translate it. I'm getting a message like this:

    Reading Package List... Ready
    Building Dependency Tree... Ready
    The courier-authlib-mysql isn't available, but is referenced by another package.
    This may means that the package is missing, got obsolete or is available only through another source
    E: The courier-authlib-mysql hasn't instalation candidates

    My etc/apt/sources.list:

    #
    # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted


    # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted

    deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe
    deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe

    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe
    deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe

    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    ## team.
    # deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
    # deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    # deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    # deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
     
  4. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    The universe repository is active, so that shouldn't be the problem.
    Can you run
    Code:
    apt-get update
    and try to install that package again?
     
  5. Freak Willie

    Freak Willie New Member

    Hi, there.

    I tried it, but didn't work. I was using ubuntu 6.06 server, so I realized it could be the reason of the error, since the tutorial was wrote for the 6.10 release, I installed the 6.10 (edgy) on the machine and apparently it all went ok apt-getting the files.
     

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