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Author: o1bigtenor
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To: Ralph Ronnquist
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Questions re: nut (ups monitoring)
On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM Ralph Ronnquist via Dng
<dng@???> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 08:00:28PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > 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
>
> Hmm. what do you get from
>    # apt-cache policy
> ??


(This I have not done before - - - - dunno what it means either.)

So what does this all mean? (Besides that I have wine x2go and
postgresql installed.)

# apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 900 http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm/main all Packages
     release o=dl.winehq.org,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=winehq,c=main,b=all
     origin dl.winehq.org
 900 http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm/main i386 Packages
     release o=dl.winehq.org,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=winehq,c=main,b=i386
     origin dl.winehq.org
 900 http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
     release o=dl.winehq.org,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=winehq,c=main,b=amd64
     origin dl.winehq.org
 500 https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt bookworm-pgdg/main amd64 Packages
     release o=apt.postgresql.org,a=bookworm-pgdg,n=bookworm-pgdg,l=PostgreSQL
for Debian/Ubuntu repository,c=main,b=amd64
     origin apt.postgresql.org
 900 http://packages.x2go.org/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages
     release o=X2Go,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=X2Go,c=main,b=armhf
     origin packages.x2go.org
 900 http://packages.x2go.org/debian bookworm/main i386 Packages
     release o=X2Go,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=X2Go,c=main,b=i386
     origin packages.x2go.org
 900 http://packages.x2go.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
     release o=X2Go,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=X2Go,c=main,b=amd64
     origin packages.x2go.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=non-free,b=i386
     origin deb.devuan.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/non-free amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=non-free,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=contrib,b=i386
     origin deb.devuan.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/contrib amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/main i386 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=main,b=i386
     origin deb.devuan.org
 100 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports/main amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan
Backports,a=stable-backports,n=daedalus-backports,l=Devuan
Backports,c=main,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-updates,n=daedalus-updates,l=Devuan,c=non-free,b=i386
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates/non-free amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-updates,n=daedalus-updates,l=Devuan,c=non-free,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates/contrib amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-updates,n=daedalus-updates,l=Devuan,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-updates,n=daedalus-updates,l=Devuan,c=main,b=i386
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates/main amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-updates,n=daedalus-updates,l=Devuan,c=main,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
 500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security/contrib amd64 Packages
     release v=5.0,o=Devuan,a=stable-security,n=daedalus-security,l=Devuan-Security,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin deb.devuan.org
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