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Just installed the latest Debian (after many years) but cannot find any
GUI package manager in the menu tree, is this something new? Also tried

# apt install google-earth-pro

and got NOTHING.




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Synaptic is still in the repository.
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On 03.03.2025 20:24 Uhr bad sector wrote:

Just installed the latest Debian (after many years) but cannot find
any GUI package manager in the menu tree, is this something new? Also
tried

sudo apt install synaptic

# apt install google-earth-pro

and got NOTHING.

Google Earth isn't in the repo of Debian. https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/#download-pro
You have to use the DEB package that will set up the Google Debian repo
on your system.
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Marco

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On 3/4/25 10:36, Marco Moock wrote:

On 03.03.2025 20:24 Uhr bad sector wrote:

Just installed the latest Debian (after many years) but cannot find
any GUI package manager in the menu tree, is this something new? Also
tried

sudo apt install synaptic

I'm wire-connected to the net (because my usb-wifi transceiver isn't recognized), doing

# apt install synaptic says:

"..not available, but is referred to by another package.
...is missing, has been obsoleted, or is available only from another source"

Why would installed sources not include something as basic? What repo
must I include in what list?

# apt install google-earth-pro

and got NOTHING.

Google Earth isn't in the repo of Debian. https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/#download-pro
You have to use the DEB package that will set up the Google Debian repo
on your system.

I'll DL it tonight, thanks
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On 04.03.2025 12:48 Uhr bad sector wrote:

Why would installed sources not include something as basic? What repo
must I include in what list?

Post the content of /etc/apt/sources.list
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Marco

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On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 12:48:16 -0500, bad sector wrote:

# apt install synaptic says:

"..not available, but is referred to by another package.
...is missing, has been obsoleted, or is available only from another
source"

Have you done an apt-get update recently?
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 12:48:16 -0500, bad sector wrote:

# apt install synaptic says:

"..not available, but is referred to by another package.
...is missing, has been obsoleted, or is available only from another
source"

Have you done an apt-get update recently?
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On 3/4/2025 2:24 AM, bad sector wrote:

Just installed the latest Debian (after many years) but cannot find any
GUI package manager in the menu tree, is this something new? Also tried

# apt install google-earth-pro

and got NOTHING.

you can use apt search to search for packages.
sometimes the name of the package is different from what one might suspect.
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On 3/4/25 13:48, Marco Moock wrote:

On 04.03.2025 12:48 Uhr bad sector wrote:

Why would installed sources not include something as basic? What repo
must I include in what list?

Post the content of /etc/apt/sources.list

I forgot all about this thread, the only line in that file was for the
dvd, fixed it, synaptic is installed.



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On 3/4/25 15:46, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 12:48:16 -0500, bad sector wrote:

# apt install synaptic says:

"..not available, but is referred to by another package.
...is missing, has been obsoleted, or is available only from another
source"

Have you done an apt-get update recently?

Probably, can't remember :-(


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On 3/5/25 15:22, Kyonshi wrote:

On 3/4/2025 2:24 AM, bad sector wrote:

Just installed the latest Debian (after many years) but cannot find
any GUI package manager in the menu tree, is this something new? Also
tried

# apt install google-earth-pro

and got NOTHING.

you can use apt search to search for packages.
sometimes the name of the package is different from what one might suspect.

Making a note of it under Debian/packagemanagment/cLi

ONE of my many problems is that I run many distros and whenever I happen
to see advice like this (applicable to Debian or let's say apt-friendly distros) I may just then as now happen to be using another distro.

But I've devised an evil plan to fight back, I keep editing the same
notes available form whatever distro I happen to be running ...done,
and thanks :-)





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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:25:40 -0400, bad sector wrote:

On 3/4/25 15:46, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Have you done an apt-get update recently?

Probably, can't remember :-(

If in doubt, do another one.
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On 3/14/25 9:24 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:25:40 -0400, bad sector wrote:

On 3/4/25 15:46, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Have you done an apt-get update recently?

ynaptic does have a refresh button
Probably, can't remember :-(

If in doubt, do another one.

I don't see my reply to this anywhere, so here goes again.

YES that WAS the WHOLE problem. Synaptic does have a refresh button,
it's just that I'm spoiled by Yast which doesn't even want to start if
it cannot refresh.
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