On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 5:56 PM Ralph Ronnquist via Dng
<dng@???> wrote:
>
> 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?

# ls /etc/apt/preferences.d/*
ls: cannot access '/etc/apt/preferences.d/*': No such file or directory

Hmmmmmmm - - - don't think there is anything in that location.

> What does "apt-cache policy nut" say?
>
# apt-cache policy nut
N: Unable to locate package nut

(Which is why I called it weirdness!)

Back over to you guys