xmlstarlet is not available via Synaptic Package Manager

could u provide output from terminal:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list && echo && apt-cache search xmlstarlet

also, u can try install xmlstarlet from cmd

$ sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet

Hi,

xmlstarlet seemed to install using apt-get, but why was it not visible in synaptic?

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list && echo && apt-cache search xmlstarlet
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rnv - Relax NG Compact Syntax validator
xmlstarlet - command line XML toolkit

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 sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet
[sudo] password for bryan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libdevel-symdump-perl debootstrap libauthen-sasl-perl libpolkit-dbus2 libio-stringy-perl lvm2 postfix patchutils
  python-cheetah python-urlgrabber libterm-size-perl kpartx python-gtk-vnc libxen3 devscripts libtest-pod-perl
  dctrl-tools dput bsd-mailx libpod-coverage-perl bridge-utils watershed libparse-debcontrol-perl libpolkit2 wdiff
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xmlstarlet
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 166kB of archives.
After this operation, 979kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xmlstarlet 1.0.1-2ubuntu1 [166kB]
Fetched 166kB in 1s (133kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package xmlstarlet.
(Reading database ... 217288 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xmlstarlet (from .../xmlstarlet_1.0.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Setting up xmlstarlet (1.0.1-2ubuntu1) ...

Vitaliy Kulikov wrote:
> Your question #106407 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/106407
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Vitaliy Kulikov requested for more information:
> could u provide output from terminal:
>
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list && echo && apt-cache search xmlstarlet
>
> also, u can try install xmlstarlet from cmd
>
> $ sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet
>
>

so, it's strange that synaptic couldn't find 'xmlstarlet', but take attention on that u must type whole world or as much as possible to find package!!! typing only 'xml' not show me 'xmlstarlet' too ;)