On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 14/03/2025 22:32, Lee wrote: > > Am I doing something wrong or is idle-python3.11 really missing from > > the repository? > [...] > > W: Failed to fetch > > https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python3.11/idle-python3.11_3.11.2-6%2bdeb12u4_all.deb > > 404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:77::644 443] > > apt policy idle-python3.11 > idle-python3.11: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 3.11.2-6+deb12u5 > Version table: > 3.11.2-6+deb12u5 500 > 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages > 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 500 > 500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security > bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages > > unlike deb12u4 in your error. > > Synaptic should have some button or menu entry with effect similar to > > apt update
Yes, there's a reload button. Apparently I was extremely lucky and tried to update my laptop while [the debian repository??] was in flux. I re-ran synaptic and got lots of things that needed updating -- as well as finding and being able to install idle-python 3.11.2-6+deb12u5 Thanks for prompting me to try again! > > > I don't know if this is related or no but python is missing on my computer: > > $ python --version > > bash: python: command not found > > https://packages.debian.org/file:bin/python > suggests the python-is-python3 package. For a long type just "python" > was namely python2, so it is a measure to avoid running old scripts > using a partially compatible interpreter. Thanks for the explanation Regards Lee
