You should probably check to make sure you're actually connected to the internet . . . chances are really good based on your output that you're not..
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Audrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi I tried that but it still didn't work. apt-get update had problems: > > root@beaglebone:~# apt-get update > Err http://repos.rcn-ee.net wheezy Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'repos.rcn-ee.net' > Err http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' > Reading package lists... Done > W: Failed to fetch > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not > resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' > > W: Failed to fetch > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy-updates/Release.gpg Could > not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' > > W: Failed to fetch > http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release.gpg Could not > resolve 'security.debian.org' > > W: Failed to fetch http://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'repos.rcn-ee.net' > > W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > > On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 5:33:56 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Audrey <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So I want to do floating point arithmetic in BASH, but I have trouble >> > installing the bc package (https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/). >> > >> > I type in: >> > apt-get install bc >> > >> > and it tells me: >> > Reading package lists... Done >> > Building dependency tree >> > Reading state information... Done >> > E: Unable to locate package bc >> > >> > So. Any idea on how to either do floating point arithmetic in BASH some >> > other way, or how to install bc on beaglebone black? >> >> apt-get update >> apt-get install bc >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
