Why can't APT find package?

Question

I have a new install of Debian 8 ("Jessie") and want to install the firewalld package, but APT can't find it. This may be related to the fact that I didn't specify a mirror during installation, but as far as I can tell, I've made the appropriate configurations.

firewalld is located on the mirror here:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firewalld/

That mirror is in my /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib

I've updated the available packages:

# apt update

APT still can't find it:

# apt search firewalld
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done

Why can't it find the package?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

You need to have the full Jessie repository in your sources.list; you should have at least

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main

(you can add contrib if you want, and the corresponding deb-src lines if you want to be able to download source code for the packages too).

Check your sources.list contains at least those three lines, then run

apt update
apt install firewalld

The jessie-updates repository only contains updates to Jessie, it doesn’t contain the packages which were part of the original Jessie release and haven't been updated since. See What is the difference between the "jessie" and "jessie-updates" distributions in /etc/apt/sources.list? for more information.

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

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"Installing firewalld package on Debian 8 (Jessie) is as easy as running the following command on terminal:"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install firewalld

From https://www.howtoinstall.co/en/debian/jessie/firewalld

edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

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answered Mar 08 '17 at 22:13

Mike Waters

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I see my answer was downvoted. I take it that means that website has bad advice. :-) – Mike Waters Mar 08 '17 at 22:16
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No, it means you're not addressing the problem that the OP has. – Stephen Kitt Mar 08 '17 at 22:18
@StephenKitt Your point is well-taken. It looks like you know more about this than I do. – Mike Waters Mar 08 '17 at 22:29
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Appearances can be deceptive ;-). Welcome to Unix.SE, I hope this doesn’t put you off — I’m sure you’ll have plenty of opportunities to answer questions! – Stephen Kitt Mar 08 '17 at 22:32

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