Packages greyed out in adept

[cvzyl]

Hi, I just installed Feisty and absolutely loved it. It set up everything perfectly, even my wireless network, without any trouble. Everything worked out the box!

The one thing I am having trouble with is the adept installer. I can see quite a few packages that are greyed out. I cannot select them at all. These include Firefox and Synaptic. I actually want to use Synaptic instead of adept but cannot get it installed. Any suggestions?

Cobus

[penguin.ch]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

I actually want to use Synaptic instead of Adept but cannot get it installed

Good boy

sudo apt-get install synaptic

[cvzyl]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

When running the "sudo apt-get install synaptic" command I get the following output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package synaptic 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
E: Package synaptic has no installation candidate

Cobus

[penguin.ch]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

O.k., I see: your list of available repositories could do with a little some improvement (as by default not all repositories are "set active") - the following one works for me (with "ch" for Switzerland and no "3rd party servers" added):

deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse

[cvzyl]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

This is probably a stupid question but how do I add these repositories? I opened adept manager and then to software sources but the only place I can add repositories is under 3rd party software

Cobus

[penguin.ch]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

1. Backup the file:

sudo cp -av /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.orig

2. "Access & edit":

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

or

[Alt][F2] kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

[cvzyl]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

UnicornRider, before I added your repositories to the sources.list file I updated the repositories from adept manager. After that I could find a lot more applications than before, in fact, it is currently busy installing Firefox and Synaptic. Seems like I don't have to change the repositories, just had to update them.

Will let you know if everything worked out, thanks for your help.

Cobus

[penguin.ch]

Re: Packages greyed out in adept

The "initial update" ... o.k., that I presumed already done.