[SOLVED] Can't install anything

noah · 2016-04-02 08:58:38

I've looked but I can't find anything that has helped me address this problem. I've got Bunsenlabs on my ideapad 305 but it won't let me install anything. When I type

sudo apt-get install Audacity

it just says

installation failed

and

unable to locate package audacity

.
Sometimes it says

E: package 'gimp' has no installation canditate

This is whether I use the installer or apt-get.
I love bunsenlabs and crunchbang, and don't want to give it up because of this, however I will have to if the problem persists.

Thanks in advance, Noah

damo · 2016-04-02 09:04:05

Please post your sources.list, and the contents of sources.list.d (using [ code ] tags)

See if they match Sources - sources.list and backports details

noah · 2016-04-02 09:07:14

deb http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen main

there doesn't seem to be much here. Is this the problem?

damo · 2016-04-02 09:17:14

The default sources.list and the bunsen sources are posted in the sticky Help thread I linked to. Make sure yours match, then run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

noah · 2016-04-02 09:33:51

Great, I've done all that and stuff seems to be happening now. Hopefully now I'll have my beloved Bunsenlabs up and running

damo · 2016-04-02 09:36:19

Good news. I'll add [SOLVED] to the thread title for you

Horizon_Brave · 2016-04-02 11:46:22

Just out of curiosity...how did you initially install Bunsen?

noah · 2016-04-03 09:23:01

I used uNetBootin to put the ISP on a usb , and booted off that with graphical install.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-04-03 09:30:39

noah wrote:

I used uNetBootin

unetbootin does not work with the BunsenLabs ISO images:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo … bug=775689

You should instead open a terminal and use these commands:

sudo -i
cp bunsenlabs.iso /dev/sdX; sync
exit

Replace bunsenlabs.iso with the full name of the ISO image and replace X with the letter assigned to the drive, do not use a partition number.

Find the drive letter by plugging in the USB stick and then running `dmesg|tail` & `lsblk` to identify the device.

Be absolutely sure that you have the correct device or you may wipe your main drive.

damo · 2016-04-03 09:45:15

noah wrote:

I used uNetBootin to put the ISP on a usb , and booted off that with graphical install.

The BL installation page has a link to the Debian recommended methods for writing to usb: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb

That page says

Please note, that Debian advises not using unetbootin for this task. It can cause difficult-to-diagnose problems with booting and installing, so is not recommended

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