You have to apt-get update first. On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 2:48 PM Sardar Vayghannezgad <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your reply. What I end up seeing on puTTY after typing > sudo apt-get install [no matter what!]" is the following: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package xfce4 > the last line, actually. And like I said in the original post, this > happens still when I can ping to google. To the best of my knowledge if you > can ping to google, you are connected, right?! And thus you must be able to > download, but I am not. I'm coming to the conclusion that this primarily > has something to do with BBB driver not appearing on my device manager, > despite thatI have installed the drivers from BeagleBoard/getting-started. > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 7:19:27 PM UTC+3, Mala Dies wrote: >> >> Oh and Sir, >> >> You might want to try, b/c the typing on the X client is showing >> incorrect values, XFCE for your desktop client. I found that this works at >> times, too. Here: https://www.xfce.org/. If I am not mistaken, you can >> just use "sudo apt install xfce4." >> >> Seth >> >> P.S. I need to double check the apt install xfce4 cmd but I think that is >> it. I will keep looking around for other info. I have been waiting to get >> into this idea, the Machine Kit stuff, but I have been unable to find time. >> I will reply soon. >> >> On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:16:50 AM UTC-5, Sardar Vayghannezgad >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I have been struggling for the past ten days, as a brand new user, to >>> get my Beaglebone Black rec C (element 14) to run Machinekit on my Win 8.1 >>> PC. To save you the long story, I am totally lost. What I've been able to >>> learn during my time playing with all the software and hardware around >>> me from forums, blogs, sites, personal intuition, etc comes down to: >>> >>> - successfully flashing an image on a microSD card and then transfer >>> them on to the BB-Black, so that it can run without the flash card >>> inside, >>> - connecting BBB to my PC via puTTY and to the internet (albeit, >>> apparently Google only, as I cannot have puTTy download any packages) >>> >>> Since I am desperately looking for some dummies pointers on the issues I >>> have, I'm giving all the software/hardware coordinates I think are >>> important: >>> >>> The image I'm using is from here >>> <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit> >>> >>> My Questions are: >>> >>> 1. BBB does show up on my PC with the default image >>> <https://beagleboard.org/latest-images> it comes out with, and I can >>> go through the instructions available on Beagleboard/getting started >>> webpage <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, but once I >>> replace it with another Image >>> >>> <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit>, >>> it doesn't seem to appear as a drive on my PC nor anywhere on the Device >>> Manager. However, I can putty it to my PC, and share my PC WiFi with it. >>> Given that I have installed the required drivers from BBoard Getting >>> Started <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, Is this >>> normal?!! If not, What is it that causes this? (I have searched high and >>> low online, but haven't come up with a concrete conclusion) >>> 2. I can use my PC WiFi to connect BBB to the Google per online >>> instructions, yet any attempt, via puTTY, to download Machinekit >>> Packages >>> >>> <http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/install-runtime-packages/> >>> (Just >>> in case, is the link right for my case?!!) from the related website leads >>> in the error: >>> >>> machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-xenomai >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state information... Done >>> E: Unable to locate package machinekit-xenomai >>> >>> >>> or >>> machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-posix >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state information... Done >>> E: Unable to locate package machinekit-posix >>> >>> 3. I have downloaded the Machinekit Client on my PC. What >>> else do I need? I can see online that I need download tightVNC viewer both >>> on my PC and on the BBB via puTTY. right? Provided that I can do so, do I >>> need to download a VCP (Visual Control Panel) like QtQuickVcp to use in >>> conjunction with Machinekit? Should I install this on my PC or BBB or >>> both?!!! >>> >>> 4. My keyboard is misspelling on ThightVNC window. 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