On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 11:33:59AM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> 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

Do you have some /etc/apt/preferences.d/* blocking it?
What does "apt-cache policy nut" say?

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