Toolchain on Ubuntu 7.10

[Stefanie Tellex]

"apt-cache search autoconf" will show possible packages that contain the 
string "autoconf."

"apt-cache show <packagename>" will give you a description of the package.

Stefanie

Robin Paulson wrote:
> i'm not on an ubuntu box now, but try automake1.9 instead of automake,
> i think that's the newest version
> 
> 2008/4/9 Dale Schumacher <dale.schumacher at gmail.com>:
>> I've just done a clean install of Ubuntu 7.10 and am trying to follow the
>> instructions from the Toolchain wiki page.  When I try the command:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install gcc g++ autoconf automake binutils libtools ...
>>
>> I get this error message:
>>
>> Package autoconf 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: Pacakge autoconf has no installation candidate
>>
>> Since this is a fresh install, I expect I may not have the right setup to
>> install all the developer goodies.  Can someone suggest a clean way to
>> resolve this issue?  I would be happy to update the wiki page with better
>> instructions once my issue is resolved.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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