How to install software-properties-common in Debian 9

Question

I am stuck with this :-

# apt-get install software-properties-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package software-properties-common

Can someone tell me how to fix this ?

Here is the output of apt-cache policy

apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 release a=now
1000 http://downloads.mariadb.com/Tools/debian stretch/main amd64   Packages
 release o=MariaDB Enterprise,n=stretch,l=MariaDB,c=main,b=amd64
 origin downloads.mariadb.com
1000 http://downloads.mariadb.com/MaxScale/2.3/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
 release o=MariaDB,n=stretch,l=MariaDB Maxscale repository,c=main,b=amd64
 origin downloads.mariadb.com
1000 http://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb-10.3/repo/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
 release o=MariaDB,n=stretch,l=MariaDB,c=main,b=amd64
 origin downloads.mariadb.com
 500 http://mariadb.nethub.com.hk/repo/10.3/debian stretch/main ppc64el Packages
 release o=MariaDB,n=stretch,l=MariaDB,c=main,b=ppc64el
 origin mariadb.nethub.com.hk
 500 http://mariadb.nethub.com.hk/repo/10.3/debian stretch/main i386  Packages
 release o=MariaDB,n=stretch,l=MariaDB,c=main,b=i386
 origin mariadb.nethub.com.hk
 500 http://mariadb.nethub.com.hk/repo/10.3/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
 release o=MariaDB,n=stretch,l=MariaDB,c=main,b=amd64
 origin mariadb.nethub.com.hk
 500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages
 release v=9,o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=amd64
 origin security.debian.org
Pinned packages:

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '19 at 07:11

2

Your repository configuration doesn’t include the Debian 9 repositories (apart from the security repository); you need to ensure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains at least

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org stretch/updates main

answered Jun 04 '19 at 07:11

Stephen Kitt

434,908

Ok and thank you. What is the precise difference between stretch, stretch-updates, and stretch/updates ? Can you please explain? – user2338823 Jun 04 '19 at 07:16
See this answer, the rules for Stretch are the same as for Jessie in this regard. – Stephen Kitt Jun 04 '19 at 07:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '19 at 06:27

0

Since package software-properties-common definitely exists in Debian 9, the problem must be in the repository mirror you're using.

Try using a different repository.

answered Jun 04 '19 at 06:27

telcoM

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How to install software-properties-common in Debian 9

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