Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

2017-10-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:27:45PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: > > Thanks, your procedure worked! :) > Me too. Based on the fact that 'apt-cache policy' reported that it knew about the latest versions in buster, it is likely that your system is regularly checking for updates. If you have a desktop

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

2017-10-12 Thread Dan Hitt
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez 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

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

2017-10-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
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

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

2017-10-12 Thread Dan Hitt
Awesome, thanks Roberto. 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

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

2017-10-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 08:15:21PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: > I'm trying to install libsnmp-dev in stretch (debian 9) using the command >sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev > > This results in an error: > -- > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an