On Friday 12 November 2021 07:36:01 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 12/11/2021 09:30, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: > > > > comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > > archive for it. > > > > sudo apt update ran without any problems. > > Try downloading it again (since it's not part of the archives, it must > be downloaded manually) and running 'apt install ./brscan4-......deb' > (substituting the actual file name, naturally). The './' is necessary > to tell apt it's a file name.
No, to be precise, it tells the file system its a file in the currently cd'd to directory. Which may not be in the env's $PATH. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>