On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 8:01 AM Dan Purgert via Dng <dng@???>
wrote:

> On Oct 03, 2024, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > Greetings
> >
> > The major weirdness is the apt does not find the software.
> >
> > # apt install nut nut-client nut-server
> > E: Unable to locate package nut
> > E: Unable to locate package nut-client
> > E: Unable to locate package nut-server
> >
> > so how do I get the software from the repository?
>
> They exist on chimaera and daedalus ... what version of Devuan are you
> running?
>
> Daedalus


> $ apt-cache search nut
> [...]
> nut - network UPS tools - metapackage
> nut-client - network UPS tools - clients
> nut-server - network UPS tools - core system
> [...]
>
> Might also be the case you just need to update your apt cache with
> 'apt-get update'. Not 100% sure if the 'apt' tool has a mechanism for
> this.
>

one uses apt update

I'm calling it weirdness because I can find the item in the lists but apt
cannot find it.
That imo is weird - - - so I'm asking what to do to kick apt in the pants.

over to y'all