#1 2018-06-24 15:00:34

Sprinterdriver

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All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Hi.

Running 32-bit BunsenLabs on an old computer.

From the desktop right click menu, there should be possible to install the software that is listed. But at the end of the install procedure (no matter what software I attempt to install), I get an error message similar to this:

  Installing package...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package audacious 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

  
  There were problems installing  audacious
  
  Press "d" for details (q to quit) 

Is there anything I can do to fix this issue. Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Sprinterdriver (2018-06-24 16:59:06)

sleekmason

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Did you :

sudo apt-get update

before trying?

Please post the output of:

sudo apt policy

This will show your current repos.

sleekmason

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get update

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

Make sure to install using sudo:

sudo apt-get install audacious

Sprinterdriver

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Did you :

sudo apt-get update

before trying?

Yes I did.

Please post the output of:

sudo apt policy

This will show your current repos.

sprinterdriver@takkfaen:~$ sudo apt policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 https://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian helium/main i386 Packages
     release o=bunsenlabs,n=helium,l=bunsenlabs,c=main,b=i386
     origin pkg.bunsenlabs.org
 100 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main i386 Packages
     release o=Debian Backports,a=stretch-backports,n=stretch-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=main,b=i386
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=i386
     origin deb.debian.org
 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free,b=i386
     origin deb.debian.org
 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=i386
     origin deb.debian.org
 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=i386
     origin deb.debian.org
Pinned packages:
sprinterdriver@takkfaen:~$ 

Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get update

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

Make sure to install using sudo:

sudo apt-get install audacious

Ok - here is the full content of my source.list file

  GNU nano 2.7.4                              File: /etc/apt/sources.list                               Modified  

# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4 _Helium_ - Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20180428-15:46]/ stretch contrib m$

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4 _Helium_ - Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20180428-15:46]/ stretch contrib ma$

## Debian security updates
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free

## Anything below this line is inserted by me (sprinterdriver)


## Attemted to install Inkscape
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main

## According to forum thread : 
## https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?pid=73925#p73925
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

erm, topline is there because I didn't figured out how to copy text to clipboard properly.

Last edited by Sprinterdriver (2018-06-24 15:59:24)

sleekmason

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

That looks fine.  After saving the file, use:

apt-get update

before trying to install any packages.

The repo address above is for the US, if in another country, you may want to change to something closer to speed things up a bit.

Sprinterdriver

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Thank you for help. Got audacious installed and is enjoying music now 

johnraff

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Also see:
Index » Basic Help & Support » Sources - sources.list and backports details

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Re: All attempts to install software fails [SOLVED]

Also see:
Index » Basic Help & Support » Sources - sources.list and backports details

Noted and bookmarked.  Thank you.