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Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

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I cannot install the basics!

mcrose@hydrogen:~$ uname -a
Linux hydrogen 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u1 (2016-09-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
mcrose@hydrogen:~$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 8 \n \l

mcrose@hydrogen:~$ sudo  apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) module-assistant
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias       
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
Package build-essential 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

Package module-assistant 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 'build-essential' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'module-assistant' has no installation candidate
mcrose@hydrogen:~$ 

Last edited by damo (2016-09-23 17:01:56)

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

What is the output of

apt-cache policy module-assistant build-essential

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

And of

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

mcrose@hydrogen:~$ apt-cache policy module-assistant build-essential
module-assistant:
  Instalados: (ninguno)
  Candidato:  (ninguno)
  Tabla de versión:
build-essential:
  Instalados: (ninguno)
  Candidato:  (ninguno)
  Tabla de versión:
mcrose@hydrogen:~$ 

mcrose@hydrogen:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160706-02:22]/ jessie contrib main non-free

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160706-02:22]/ jessie contrib main non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# backports
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main
mcrose@hydrogen:~$ 

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

You don't have the basic sources in your sources.list. At the very least you need:

deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free

Change the mirror if you don't want to use the redirect one.

See Sources - sources.list and backports details

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

excellent!!
thanks!

now, wondering why I lost that repo list in the sources.list file

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

Did you perhaps install while not connected to the internet?  I seem to recall from other threads that that can result in missing sources.

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Re: Cannot install packages needed for VirtualBox

nop, I am behind a proxy, but set all neccessary variables

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