Re: virtual package? aptitude says "not a real package".

furufuru_at_ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Date: 09/30/05

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    Michael Spang wrote:
    > furufuru@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp wrote:
    [...]
    > >If they are unavailable, then why do they show up when you type
    > >
    > > $ aptitude search mplayer
    > >
    > >for example. What does this mean?
    [...]
    > It means that there is no such package but that something depends or
    > conflicts with the package. These packages are just referenced by
    > others even though they arent in the archive. This happens
    > for a variety of reasons.
    [...]
    > mike@Tyr:~$ apt-cache showpkg mplayer
    > Package: mplayer
    > Versions:
    >
    > Reverse Depends:
    > xmms-xmmplayer,mplayer
    > mozilla-mplayer,mplayer 1.0-pre5
    > Dependencies:
    > Provides:
    > Reverse Provides:

    Aha! That's clear. Thanks for the explanation.

    Regards,
    Ryo 

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