On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 08:08:49AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 07:53:21AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > gene@coyote:~$ bash: xterm: command not found > > > > xterm cannot be found by synaptic or apt either. > > unicorn:~$ apt policy xterm > xterm: > Installed: 366-1+deb11u1 > Candidate: 366-1+deb11u1 > Version table: > *** 366-1+deb11u1 500 > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > Your sources are broken, Gene. > > > So I'll repeat, what is this magic xterm? What do I install to get it? > > You don't need to run xterm specifically. You can use any freaking > terminal. > > That should have been obvious to anyone who's been running Linux as > long as you have. > > However, now we have a claim that in addition to all your *other* problems, > you have broken Debian sources on at least one of your systems. No > actual *proof*, mind you. Just a claim. > > Or... is it even Debian? Hell. It's probably not. It's probably > your heavily customized version of Raspbian that only a dozen people on > Earth use. >
Gene Cat /etc/apt/sources.list Check that it doesn't _only_ have non-networked sources / that everything has been commented out with a # if you weren't validly on a network to start with. Mine looks something like this: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free # bullseye-update, to get updates before a point release is made: # see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free A couple of wrapped lines but you should be able to figure it out else https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList Hope this helps Andy Cater
