Re: How to install unixodbc-dev

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2011-04-14, CDR <venefax@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I type "apt-get install unixodbc-dev"
> I get back:
> "Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package unixodbc-dev 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 'unixodbc-dev' has no installation candidate"
>
> Question, maybe I need to add some repositories?

Strange. According to http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/unixodbc-dev
the package is available in the main repository for all architectures.

>
> My /etc/apt/sources.list has:
>
>
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 2011$
> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main

Have you run 'apt-get update' recently?

>
> I am using stable 64 bits.
> Federico
>
>


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Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland