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linux_noob0
February 15th, 2010, 05:04 PM
after installing wubi, i tried to get some basic stuff i need, such as the vim editor and g++ compiler... apt-get doesn't work, it says:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package vim is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package vim has no installation candidate

anyone knows how to solve that? thanks!

r_s
February 15th, 2010, 05:07 PM
sudo apt-get update

linux_noob0
February 15th, 2010, 05:09 PM
right... i've let the update manager work, so i tried some multitasking :/
thanks... i didn't know you can't get stuff without updating first :)

r_s
February 15th, 2010, 05:10 PM
It needs to get all the information from the repositries.