gdbserver won't install (debian 8.4)

parkerl...@gmail.com

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Jun 22, 2016, 12:05:24 PM6/22/16

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Hi,

I'm trying to run ./gdbserver on the beaglebone black but I get:

'No such file or directory'

The BBB is flashed with 8.4 (cat /etc/debian_version)

According to the excellent Derek Molloy videos, it should come pre-installed with debian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9yFyWsyyGk&t=31m2s

Unfortunately, even trying to install it manually doesn't work:

"

root@beaglebone:~# apt-get install gdbserver

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package gdbserver is not available, but is referred to by another package.

This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or

is only available from another source

E: Package 'gdbserver' has no installation candidate

"

The /etc/apt/sources.list file looks like:

deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_0.12 jessie main

deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/ jessie main

Is there something I need to install first?

Thanks!

Ben

William Hermans

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Jun 22, 2016, 12:07:27 PM6/22/16

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No . . .gdb-server does not come preinstalled in Debian.

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Robert Nelson

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Jun 22, 2016, 12:11:52 PM6/22/16

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, <parkerl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run ./gdbserver on the beaglebone black but I get:
> 'No such file or directory'
>
> The BBB is flashed with 8.4 (cat /etc/debian_version)
>
> According to the excellent Derek Molloy videos, it should come pre-installed
> with debian:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9yFyWsyyGk&t=31m2s
>
> Unfortunately, even trying to install it manually doesn't work:
> "
> root@beaglebone:~# apt-get install gdbserver
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package gdbserver is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package 'gdbserver' has no installation candidate

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gdbserver

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William Hermans

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Jun 22, 2016, 12:12:45 PM6/22/16

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william@beaglebone:~$ dpkg -l | grep gdbserver

<no output>

william@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get update
. . .
william@beaglebone:~$ apt-cache search gdbserver
gdbserver - GNU Debugger (remote server)
gdbserver-c6x - TI gdb-server for Keystone 2 devices.

Ben Nguyen

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Jun 23, 2016, 11:38:51 AM6/23/16

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Thanks, I get the same install error... However, there's a bunch of error messages* during apt-get update that weren't there when before (when I originally ran it after upgrading the flash from debian 7 to 8).

By the way, I tried posting this on the forum, but couldn't find it.. How did you see this?!

Thanks!

Ben

*

login as: root

Debian GNU/Linux 8

BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2016-05-13

Support/FAQ: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian

default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

Last login: Thu Jun 23 05:50:53 2016 from bbb.attlocal.net

root@beaglebone:~# sudo apt-get update

Get:1 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease [63.1 kB]

Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.com jessie InRelease

Hit https://deb.nodesource.com jessie InRelease

Get:2 https://deb.nodesource.com jessie/main armhf Packages [976 B]

Get:3 http://repos.rcn-ee.com jessie/main armhf Packages [501 kB]

Ign http://httpredir.debian.org jessie InRelease

Get:4 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [142 kB]

Get:5 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main armhf Packages [345 kB]

Get:6 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [142 kB]

Get:7 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main armhf Packages [345 kB]

Get:8 http://repos.rcn-ee.com jessie/main armhf Packages [501 kB]

Get:9 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib armhf Packages [994 B]

Get:10 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free armhf Packages [20 B]

Get:11 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2373 B]

Get:12 http://repos.rcn-ee.com jessie/main armhf Packages [501 kB]

Err http://httpredir.debian.org jessie Release

Err http://httpredir.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib armhf Packages