On 2021-01-31 17:09 +0000, Gareth Evans wrote:
> I'm trying to install gnome-online-accounts on Debian 10.7 with Mate:
>
>
> $ sudo apt install gnome-control-center gnome-online-accounts
> [...]
> Package gnome-control-center 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
> However the following packages replace it:
> gnome-control-center-data
> E: Package 'gnome-control-center' has no installation candidate
>
> $ sudo apt install gnome-online-accounts
> [...]
> Recommended packages:
> gnome-control-center
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> gnome-online-accounts
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> [...]
>
>
> gnome-control-center-data doesn't seem to provide gnome-control-center
> as the first apt install blurb seems to me to suggest (but neither
> does it seem that it should!)
>
> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnome-control-center
>
> shows gnome-control-center 1:3.38.3-1 is in testing, but also that a
> stable version exists - 1:3.30.3-2~deb10u1 - isn't this what should be
> installed upon request, along with dependencies?
Yes. Possible explanations: your sources.list is broken, or you have
assigned a negative pin priority to gnome-control-center (see
apt_preferences(5)).
What does "apt policy" print?
Cheers,
Sven
