webmin DebianEtch install: "not available, but is referred to by another package"

I want to install webmin on Debian 4.0 Etch Linux.

I looked at the instructions on: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/Webmin.htm

When I tried the first step:

#apt-get install webmin webmin-core

It did not work - the following error messages were shown:

rockstar:/usr/lib/cgi-bin/bugzilla# cd
rockstar:~# apt-get install webmin webmin-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package webmin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/non-free for the APT Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_non-free%20for%20the%20APT_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/line: Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_line:_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Package webmin has no installation candidate
rockstar:~#

Note that the error messages about google desktop may not be related - they refer to a failed attempt at installing Google Desktop for Linux. I followed their instructions but it did not work!

 

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.360_all.deb
http://www.webmin.com/deb.html

 

Tried it - doesn't work:

rockstar:~# dpkg --install webmin_1.360_all.deb
dpkg: error processing webmin_1.360_all.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
webmin_1.360_all.deb
rockstar:~#

Downloaded this to /etc/ and /usr/share as indicated. But then what? What should I do next to get it running? Couldn't see any install instructions - please advise.

Come on, don't make a virtue out of complexity or by looking down on people who are new to Linux and not giving help.

 

apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

cd /tmp

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.360_all.deb

dpkg --install webmin_1.360_all.deb

 

Thank you for replying -I've numbered the steps you supplied for discussion purposes:

Step 1)

Seems to work.

2)

OK...

BUT:

3)

Doesn't work - error message: "Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|66.35.250.217|:80... failed: Connection refused."

HOWEVER, I went onto the next step:

4)

- and this seemed to work.

If I put https://rockstar:10000/ in a web browser (as advised by the link you supplied - http://www.webmin.com/deb.html) then I get a log in screen, which, on supplying my root login and password, takes me to another page - a control panel, with the following text:


System hostname rockstar
Operating system Debian Linux 4.0
Webmin version 1.360
Time on server Tue Aug 28 11:10:53 2007
CPU load averages 0.39 (1 min) 0.36 (5 mins) 0.38 (15 mins)
Real memory 1011.85 MB total, 392.92 MB used

Virtual memory 2.53 GB total, 276 kB used

Local disk space 73.15 GB total, 7 GB used



So Seems like it worked despite step 3) failing - so why did I need step 3) ? Perhaps you could explain what each of the steps are.

Full output shown below:

rockstar:~# dpkg --install webmin_1.360_all.deb
dpkg: error processing webmin_1.360_all.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
webmin_1.360_all.deb
rockstar:~# apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
perl is already the newest version.
openssl is already the newest version.
libpam-runtime is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed
libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
Need to get 273kB of archives.
After unpacking 1221kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get: 1 http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main libauthen-pam-perl 0.16-1 [32.6kB]
Get: 2 http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main libio-pty-perl 1:1.05-2 [43.0kB]
Get: 3 http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main libmd5-perl 2.03-1 [5700B]
Get: 4 http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main libnet-ssleay-perl 1.30-1 [192kB]
Fetched 273kB in 2s (109kB/s)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/non-free for the APT Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_non-free%20for%20the%20APT_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/line: Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_line:_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
Selecting previously deselected package libauthen-pam-perl.
(Reading database ... 82469 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libauthen-pam-perl (from .../libauthen-pam-perl_0.16-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libio-pty-perl.
Unpacking libio-pty-perl (from .../libio-pty-perl_1%3a1.05-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmd5-perl.
Unpacking libmd5-perl (from .../libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libnet-ssleay-perl.
Unpacking libnet-ssleay-perl (from .../libnet-ssleay-perl_1.30-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libauthen-pam-perl (0.16-1) ...
Setting up libio-pty-perl (1.05-2) ...
Setting up libmd5-perl (2.03-1) ...
Setting up libnet-ssleay-perl (1.30-1) ...
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/non-free for the APT Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_non-free%20for%20the%20APT_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://dl.google.com stable/line: Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_deb_dists_stable_line:_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
rockstar:~# cd /tmp
rockstar:/tmp# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
--11:00:37-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
=> `w..._1.360_all.deb'
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 66.35.250.217
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|66.35.250.217|:80... failed: Connection refused.
rockstar:/tmp# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
--11:09:30-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
=> `w..._1.360_all.deb'
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 66.35.250.217
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|66.35.250.217|:80... failed: Connection refused.
rockstar:/tmp# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
--11:09:38-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w..._1.360_all.deb
=> `w..._1.360_all.deb'
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 66.35.250.217
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|66.35.250.217|:80... failed: Connection refused.
rockstar:/tmp#
rockstar:/tmp# dpkg --install webmin_1.360_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package webmin.
(Reading database ... 82620 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking webmin (from webmin_1.360_all.deb) ...
Setting up webmin (1.360) ...
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://rockstar:10000/
as root with your root password, or as any user who can use sudo
to run commands as root.

rockstar:/tmp#

 

Step 3 is failing because you use a wrong link, it should be:

Code:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.360_all.deb

Anyway you downloaded the package before so step 3 is not needed.