Re: pkgin: mplayer-1.1.1nb1 is not available on the repository

[Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 09:43:42PM +0200, Carsten Kunze wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> on trying to install mplayer on NetBSD 6.1.4 amd64 I got the following output
<snip>
> mplayer-1.1.1nb1 is not available on the repository
> proceed ? [y/N] 
> pkgin: mplayer-1.1.1nb1 is not available on the repository
> 
> 
> I did not setup a special server for that so the default server is used.
> 
> Are not all packages available for all amd64 NetBSD releases? And if yes--why 
> did pkgin not know this?

Did you do a

pkgin up

by any chance?  When I do a

pkgin av

it shows that

mplayer-1.1.1nb3        Fast, cross-platform movie player

is available.

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