unixodbc-bin is not available - what to do?

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

I'm trying to install the libraries and drivers required to use a
sqlite3 database with libreoffice writer. However when I try to
install the required packages I get an error:-

    root@t470# apt install unixodbc-dev unixodbc-bin unixodbc
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    Package unixodbc-bin 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-bin' has no installation candidate
    root@t470#

So what do I need to do to get this working? Ignoring the error and
continuing fails.

What I suspect I need is an up to date guide on how to get sqlite3
working with libreoffice base but I can't find one.  All the guides I
can find are many years out of date and I suspect that may be the
reason I'm getting the above error.


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Chris Green
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