You were right. Thanks! It works now. On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9:55:58 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >
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