On 2020-01-09 16:29 +0000, Joseph Van Riper wrote: > $ sudo apt install libncurses-dev > > [sudo] password for jvanriper: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Suggested packages: > ncurses-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libncurses-dev > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 333 kB of archives. > After this operation, 2,301 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Err:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libncurses-dev amd64 > 6.1+20181013-2 > 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.200.204 80] > E: Failed to fetch > http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses-dev_6.1+20181013-2_amd64.deb > 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.200.204 80]
That is to be expected as the file is really no longer there, it has been superseded in the point release update. > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? > > $ apt policy libncurses-dev > libncurses-dev: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 6.1+20181013-2 > Version table: > 6.1+20181013-2 500 > 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages Your package list is out of date by a few months. > I've tried --fix-missing, but that doesn't appear to work, either... nor does > running apt update seem to help. Well, --fix-missing is not going to help, but "apt update" should. Please run that, paste its output and retry. Cheers, Sven
