Re: Missing unixodbc-dev
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:10 -0400, CDR wrote:
> > I am new to Debian.
> > When
> I type "apt-get install unixodbc-dev"
> > I get back:
[snip]
> > E: Package 'unixodbc-dev' has no installation candidate"
> > Question, maybe I need to add some repositories?
Possibly. If after updating, you still cannot install the package, send us
your sources.list.
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/unixodbc-dev/download [1
Good - so it exists all right!
> But if it is there, why apt-get does not think so?
Because it doesn't show up in the database on your computer. update
("aptitude update" - so probably "apt-get update", don't type the quotation
marks) and try again, and if it still isn't OK, then look at repositories.
> I actually
> downloaded
> > it manually, but it fails on dependencies.
An alternative strategy would be to install the dependencies - but finding out
why apt can't handle it is likely to be easier!
Lisi
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