Re: sources.list configuration



Here is how the /etc/apt/sources.list is looking now:


#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 201$

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 2011$

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib

After saving the etc/apt/sources.list file I closed the root
terminal,reopened the root terminal, did apt-get update, then apt-get
upgrade then I did apt-get install xchat and the terminal returned
this:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xchat



Any suggestions?


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