I don't understand why this is so, as it was working some time ago. My APT sources.list Package metasploit-framework is not available, but is referred to by another package. I'm having trouble installing any package on my Raspberry Pi v1 B.
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Whenever I run apt-get install [any package here], it always failed with E: [package name] has no installation candidate. guest additions worked perfectly after that, so now have crunchbang in fullscreen :-) Any help much appreciated. Package dialog is not available, but is referred to by another package. Top. apt-get upgrade and aptitude upgrade download and install the most recent update of packages that are already installed in your system. Already did apt-get update. sudo add-apt-repository multiverse sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lib32gcc1 steamcmd.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source Re: linux-headers has no installation candidate [RESOLVED] thanks @vicshrike and @unia, installing the 2.6.32-5-amd64 headers was the answer. E: Package 'aptitude' has no installation candidate." I haven't changed my sources list after installing, could something in the sources cause this? Same for Synaptic.. apt-cache search x seems to show many results for basic searches so why not for these 2 popular package managers? Re: how to install firefox on debian 6 ? But bear in mind that if you use etch you will only get security updates, you won't get a newer version of a package. edit: maybe I forgot to paste the last command but when I ran "steamcmd" it said it wasn't installed, so maybe I forgot to install it. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'firefox' has no installation candidate mahdi@debian:~$ mahdi68 Posts: 3 Joined: 2011-05-16 11:27. Done > >>Package proftpd has no available version, but exists in the database. Done Package aptitude is not available, but is referred to by another package. by dilberts_left_nut » 2011-05-16 12:12 .
> >>This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > >>never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > >>of sources.list > >>E: Package proftpd has no installation candidate > >> > >>I can't find it with apt-cache search either. Code: Select all $ sudo … SO I ran "sudo apt install steamcmd" and it worked.