Supositories not working - On the verge of losing it here - help !

[mistypotato]

Hello,

I think if I don't get help with this I'm just going to explode !

I have two computers side by side both with ubuntu 8.10

On one, the us.archive.ubuntu.com/main has MANY more options in it than the same one on the other computer. Specifically, Mozilla-Thunderbird (which I want to install).

Why would they be different on the same version of Ubuntu on different computers?


Thanks

[RomeReactor]

Hi. My guess is that you have different repositories enabled in each machine; go to 'System->Administration->Software Sources' and on the first tab (Ubuntu Software) make sure the same repositories are enabled.

[niteshifter]

Hi,

Differences in /etc/apt/sources.list on the two machines.

[mistypotato]

Hi. My guess is that you have different repositories enabled in each machine; go to 'System->Administration->Software Sources' and on the first tab (Ubuntu Software) make sure the same repositories are enabled.

That was my first thought...but I'm only focusing on the one mentioned and they are both active on both computers. But the files lists are VERY different for the same supository.

[mistypotato]

Hi,

Differences in /etc/apt/sources.list on the two machines.

Can I update this on the short listed machine ?

[DariusS]

just a quick note,

suppositories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppository

repositories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_repository

Not to be a grammatical stickler, but merely in the face of the humorous and continuous typo, please know the vocabulary of the subject you are inquiring after.

[RomeReactor]

Can I update this on the short listed machine ?

There's no need to manually edit the sources.list file; that's what the Software Sources application is for.

Please open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) in each machine and run this command on both:

aptitude search thunderbird

and post back the output of each machine.

[DariusS]

Can I update this on the short listed machine ?

You can actually copy one from the other. You could copy/paste the one you want into an email to yourself and replace the undesired one with this same list (provided the installations are the same version, i.e 8.04, 8.10 etc...)

[mistypotato]

Hi,

Differences in /etc/apt/sources.list on the two machines.

Hi,

Checked both files....

EXACTLY identical

[DariusS]

Hi,

Checked both files....

EXACTLY identical

Exactly the same, even down to the ##'s?
Those are very important, as they comment out the following code, making it ignored. In a default install, even after enabling all the other repo's, the sources.lst will be very similar, except for the removing of several important comment characters (#).