cannot install cmake on Linux beaglebone 4.1.12-ti-r29 yet installs on Ubuntu 15.04

[Dean]

cannot install cmake on Linux beaglebone 4.1.12-ti-r29

crico@crico-X555LAB:~$ ssh de...@192.168.7.2

Debian GNU/Linux 8

BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2015-11-12

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

default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

de...@192.168.7.2's password:

Last login: Tue Jan 19 19:44:39 2016 from 192.168.7.1

dean@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install cmake

[sudo] password for dean:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package cmake 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 'cmake' has no installation candidate

dean@beaglebone:~$

[Robert Nelson]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Dean <dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
> cannot install cmake on Linux beaglebone 4.1.12-ti-r29
>
>
> crico@crico-X555LAB:~$ ssh de...@192.168.7.2
>
> Debian GNU/Linux 8
>
>
> BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2015-11-12
>
>
> Support/FAQ: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian
>
>
> default username:password is [debian:temppwd]
>
>
> de...@192.168.7.2's password:
>
> Last login: Tue Jan 19 19:44:39 2016 from 192.168.7.1
>
> dean@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install cmake
>
> [sudo] password for dean:
>
> Reading package lists... Done
>
> Building dependency tree
>
> Reading state information... Done
>
> Package cmake is not available, but is referred to by another package.

update your apt cache:

"sudo apt-get update"

sudo apt-get install cmake

if it still doesn't work, then 'you' changed something...

https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=cmake&mode=exactfilename&suite=stable&arch=any

Regards,

--
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

[Dean]

The more I learn the more I realize how little I know. Robert, thanks for coming through on this. Problem solved.