Synaptic Package Manager Issue

[jackychau]

After I've installed the ubuntu 9.04 and configured the network interface to connect to internet. When I run the synaptic package manager and click reload button to reload the list of available packages. I could not able to see a list of packages which should be in the list. (e.g. sun-java6-jdk, mysql-server etc...)

Did anyone have any problem like this? (how can I resolve this problem?)

[jpeddicord]

In System > Administration > Software Sources, make sure the first four checkboxes on the Ubuntu Software tab are checked, and reload again.

If that doesn't help, post the contents of the file /etc/apt/sources.list here and maybe we can figure it out.

[jackychau]

I have checked the Software Sources where the first four checkboxes on the Ubuntu Software tab are checked.

Here is the sources.list file:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse

[jpeddicord]

Looks okay to me. Is Synaptic completely empty, or just missing a few packages you think should be there? Do these (apt://mysql-server) links (apt://sun-java6-jdk) work? Can you try manually installing them from the terminal?


sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk mysql-server