On Saturday, February 19, 2022 8:52:05 AM EST Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 04:41:46AM -0800, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Got yet another CF, repo has missing -dev packages, specifically > > openssl-dev > *sigh* > > unicorn:~$ apt-get -s install libssl-dev > NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt-get needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > Suggested packages: > libssl-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libssl-dev > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Inst libssl-dev (1.1.1k-1+deb11u1 Debian:11.2/stable, > Debian-Security:11/stable-security [amd64]) Conf libssl-dev > (1.1.1k-1+deb11u1 Debian:11.2/stable, > Debian-Security:11/stable-security [amd64]) > > > Instead of asking us, "Hey guys, I'm trying to install openssl-dev, but > there's no package by that name. What's the correct name in Debian?" > you just jump to the conclusion that the "repo has missing -dev > packages". > > This is part of the reason why you keep having problems, I suspect. > > .
Same story, wash rinse repeat for ncurses-dev. apt just installed it, AFTER apt-file refreshed its cache, synaptic- >reload(ed) several times could not find it, even hand scrolling thru the lib listings, So 'splain to me why synaptic, fully reloaded, could not find either of those packages??? I wasted hours hand scrolling thru the listings and I couldn't find them, and niether could synaptic. But apt- file complained of an empty cache, and when updated found them both exactly where I and synaptic was looking. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
