Missing unixodbc-dev

[CDR]

I am new to Debian.

When I type "apt-get install unixodbc-dev"

I get back:

"Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package unixodbc-dev 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 'unixodbc-dev' has no installation candidate"

Question, maybe I need to add some repositories?

lso, I did find the package here:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/unixodbc-dev/download

But if it is there, why apt-get does not think so? I actually downloaded

it manually, but it fails on dependencies.
Federico

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[Atıf CEYLAN]

What is your debian version?

if it is squeeze or lenny, you can try run the "apt-get update" command. After this try again.   

 

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:10 -0400, CDR wrote:

I am new to Debian.

When I type "apt-get install unixodbc-dev"

I get back:

"Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Package unixodbc-dev 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 'unixodbc-dev' has no installation candidate"

Question, maybe I need to add some repositories?

lso, I did find the package here:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/unixodbc-dev/download

But if it is there, why apt-get does not think so? I actually downloaded

it manually, but it fails on dependencies.
Federico

 

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[Lisi]

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:10 -0400, CDR wrote:
> > I am new to Debian.
> > When
> I type "apt-get install unixodbc-dev"
> > I get back:

[snip]

> > E: Package 'unixodbc-dev' has no installation candidate"
> > Question, maybe I need to add some repositories?

Possibly. If after updating, you still cannot install the package, send us
your sources.list.

> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/unixodbc-dev/download [1

Good - so it exists all right!

> But if it is there, why apt-get does not think so?

Because it doesn't show up in the database on your computer. update
("aptitude update" - so probably "apt-get update", don't type the quotation
marks) and try again, and if it still isn't OK, then look at repositories.

> I actually
> downloaded
> > it manually, but it fails on dependencies.

An alternative strategy would be to install the dependencies - but finding out
why apt can't handle it is likely to be easier!

Lisi

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