[H-GEN] newbie setting up Debian

[Sandra Milne]

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At 01:27  5/04/01 +1000, you wrote:

>E: Package task-doc has no installation candidate

have you tried apt-get update
??
if all else fails, you'll have to go to the debian website, find the 
package and install it manually.

 >>so this just proves I have no idea :( now that's embarrassing
nah, just means you're a newbie. that's nowhere near as bad as saying you 
have 13gig of memory.... something i seem to hear a lot strangely enough.

Sandra.

silne at bit.net.au
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