apt-get problem installing qemu-kvm
Hi All, I'm having problem installing qemu-kvm from apt-get. When I run the command: apt-get install qemu-kvm using root user I got this error message: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package qemu-kvm 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 'qemu-kvm' has no installation candidate I tried: apt-get update or apt-get clean without any luck. This is my source.list file: deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib Any clue about this problem? Thanks in advance!
Re: apt-get problem installing qemu-kvm
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 09:52:09AM -0600, Roberto Cantalapiedra wrote: Hi All, I'm having problem installing qemu-kvm from apt-get. When I run the command: apt-get install qemu-kvm using root user I got this error message: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package qemu-kvm 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 'qemu-kvm' has no installation candidate I tried: apt-get update or apt-get clean without any luck. This is my source.list file: deb [1]http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib deb-src [2]http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib deb [3]http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib deb [4]http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib deb-src [5]http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib Any clue about this problem? http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=qemu-kvm shows that qemu-kvm SHOULD be available in wheezy main on the amd64 and i386 architectures (if you're running something else, then no, you won't be able to get it). Try apt-cache policy qemu-kvm, to see if that sheds any light. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: apt-get problem installing qemu-kvm
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 09:52:09AM -0600, Roberto Cantalapiedra wrote: Hi All, I'm having problem installing qemu-kvm from apt-get. When I run the command: apt-get install qemu-kvm using root user I got this error message: ...snip.. Strange. I'm running wheezy. I assume you are to from your sources. My sources list is substantially like yours. Qemu-kvm shows up in my synaptic. Try another mirror. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: apt-get problem installing qemu-kvm
Roberto Cantalapiedra wrote:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package qemu-kvm 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
This is usually do to not having run apt-get update and having an out
of date package list. But...
I tried: apt-get update or apt-get clean without any luck.
I see that you tried update already.
This is my source.list file:
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib
Any clue about this problem?
Do you have any other files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* that would be
causing trouble?
Check to see if you are using a proxy. It is possible that your apt
proxy is causing trouble.
find /etc/apt/apt.conf* -type f -exec grep -i proxy {} +
In any case try apt-cache policy qemu-kvm to see what it shows. Here
is what I see on my Wheezy 7 system.
root@joseki:~# apt-cache policy qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.1.2+dfsg-6
Version table:
1.1.2+dfsg-6 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
It should be available. Check everything over again. Make double and
tripple sure that you have no errors running apt-get update.
Now some other unrelated comments...
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib
This should be okay. The http.us.debian.org is the same as
ftp.us.debian.org and there should not be any difference. But if all
else fails then I would
Lastly and unrelated I see that you have the contrib section but not
the non-free section. That is a valid combination but unusual. This
won't be related to your problem since qemu-kvm is in main. But
usually contrib and non-free go together since both are for non-free
things. Usually contrib is for free things that load non-free things.
It is a two-step process for most things in contrib. Like the Adobe
Flash installer and so forth. Usually you would either have simply
main or you would have all three main contrib non-free. Also you
are missing the deb-src entry for the main archive.
You have the deb-src entries for the volatile wheezy-updates and
security wheezy/updates but are missing the one from main. No big
deal if you never download source but I thought it less than tidy.
Bob
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