Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

[Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:19:49PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
>> Awesome, thanks Roberto.
>>
> Please don't top post.  It is considered impolite here and on many other
> mailing lists.
>
>> The output of apt-cache policy libsnmp-dev systemd is:
>>
>> libsnmp-dev:
>>   Installed: (none)
>>   Candidate: 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7
>>   Version table:
>>      5.7.3+dfsg-1.7 500
>>         500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>>         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>> systemd:
>>   Installed: 232-14
>>   Candidate: 232-25+deb9u1
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   Version table:
>>      232-25+deb9u1 500
>>         500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>>         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>>  *** 232-14 100
>>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> Note that i did not upgrade from a prior version of debian, but rather
>> installed it on a fresh, empty partition.
>>
> That may be, but you likely installed from old media (e.g., pre-release,
> beta, RC, etc.) and have not actually upgraded your system in some time.
> The 'apt-cache policy' output is saying that you have systemd currently
> installed at version 232-14, but that based on your sources you can go
> up to version 232-25+deb9u1.
>
> I recommend that you run 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to
> bring your system up to date.  After that you should have no trouble
> installing libsnmp-dev.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
> --
> Roberto C. Sánchez
>

Thanks, your procedure worked! :)

dan