On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:19:49PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: >> Awesome, thanks Roberto. >> > Please don't top post. It is considered impolite here and on many other > mailing lists. > >> The output of apt-cache policy libsnmp-dev systemd is: >> >> libsnmp-dev: >> Installed: (none) >> Candidate: 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7 >> Version table: >> 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7 500 >> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages >> 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages >> systemd: >> Installed: 232-14 >> Candidate: 232-25+deb9u1 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> Version table: >> 232-25+deb9u1 500 >> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages >> 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages >> *** 232-14 100 >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> >> Note that i did not upgrade from a prior version of debian, but rather >> installed it on a fresh, empty partition. >> > That may be, but you likely installed from old media (e.g., pre-release, > beta, RC, etc.) and have not actually upgraded your system in some time. > The 'apt-cache policy' output is saying that you have systemd currently > installed at version 232-14, but that based on your sources you can go > up to version 232-25+deb9u1. > > I recommend that you run 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to > bring your system up to date. After that you should have no trouble > installing libsnmp-dev. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez >
Thanks, your procedure worked! :) dan