Hello everyone, Thank you so much for your assistance on this matter. The solution was found.
Updating the sources list to include: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware # bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made; # see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware seems to have fixed my issue. I believe this is entirely a problem of my own causing. My initial plan for this system was to keep it offline. I later decided to take it online. I updated the sources list with a single source, thinking that one would be necessary to get connected, and it worked... for a while. Thanks again for all the help! Demetrius Stanton On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM Tom Dial <tdd...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Demetrius. > > See the embedded observations below. > > > > On 7/15/24 05:42, Demetrius Stanton wrote: > > Hi! > > > > My name is Demetrius Stanton. It was suggested that I reach out for a > problem I'm experiencing trying to install gdb on my system. I'm willing to > submit whatever information is necessary to try and get this issue resolved. > > > > I recently encountered a weird error, and I can't seem to find a fix > online. When I run the command ` sudo apt update && sudo apt install gdb -y > `, I receive an 404 error stating failed to fetch > https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.36-9%2bdeb12u > <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.36-9%2bdeb12u>*4*_amd64.deb. > When I navigate to the https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/ < > https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/> site, I'm able to find > libc6-dbg_2.36-9+deb12u*7*_amd64.deb. Though I'm reasonably confident I > could use wget to download and then dpkg to install this file, I am > concerned I could adversely affect the stability of my system. I'm sure it > would be safer for me to use apt to manage my packages. > > > > How do I proceed forward from here? > > > > I posed this question to <debian-rele...@lists.debian.org <mailto: > debian-rele...@lists.debian.org>> and received the following in response: > > > > " > > Welcome to Debian. > > > > You might be able to resolve this issue you have by running > > > > sudo apt update > > > > followed by > > > > sudo apt full-upgrade > > > > and resolve resulting errors, if any occur, and then try reinstalling > gdb. The particular error - attempting to fetch and install what looks like > an out of date version of libc6-dbg_2.36-9 - suggests your system might not > be fully up to date. If that helps, good; otherwise: > > > > You would do better to ask this question on the debian-user list ( > debian-user@lists.debian.org <mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org>). It > is a fairly active list that includes people with a wide range of knowledge > and who generally are willing to help. > > > > You should provide additional information (and will be asked to do so if > you do not), since what you give above is a bit sketchy. In particular, I > suggest you include in the question a copy of your /etc/apt/sources.list > and any files that are in the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d. It might > also be useful to include a copy of your /etc/debian_version and > /etc/os-release files, which will establish the exact update level of your > system. > > > > In general, it is probably a bad idea to poke around in /debian/pool/ in > the distribution repository for things to install. Those directories > contain software for several releases and mixing versions from different > releases may, as you suspect, result in an unstable system. Using apt is > much safer, but depends on correct setup of the files in the /etc/apt/ > directory that describe the range of software installed. > > > > Regards, > > <redacted> > > " > > Attempting the prescribed fix yielded the following: > > > > $ sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade > > [sudo] password for demetrius: > > Hit:1 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb < > https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb> stable InRelease > > Hit:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian <https://deb.debian.org/debian> > bookworm InRelease > > Hit:3 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code < > https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code> stable InRelease > > Hit:4 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com < > https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com> stable InRelease > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > All packages are up to date. > > N: Repository 'Debian bookworm' changed its 'firmware component' value > from 'non-free' to 'non-free-firmware' > > N: More information about this can be found online in the Release notes > at: > https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.html#non-free-split > < > https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.html#non-free-split > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > Calculating upgrade... Done > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > $ sudo apt install gdb -y > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > The following additional packages will be installed: > > libbabeltrace1 libboost-regex1.74.0 libc6-dbg libdebuginfod-common > libdebuginfod1 libipt2 libsource-highlight-common > > libsource-highlight4v5 > > Suggested packages: > > gdb-doc gdbserver > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > gdb libbabeltrace1 libboost-regex1.74.0 libc6-dbg > libdebuginfod-common libdebuginfod1 libipt2 libsource-highlight-common > > libsource-highlight4v5 > > 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Need to get 7,458 kB/12.5 MB of archives. > > After this operation, 28.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. > > Err:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian <https://deb.debian.org/debian> > bookworm/main amd64 libc6-dbg amd64 2.36-9+deb12u4 > > This version of libc6-dbg, 2.36-9+deb12u4, is not the current one, and it > is not in the repository. This error may go away if you update your > installation to the current release, 12.6 (see below, at the contents of > /etc/debian_version). > > > 404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:d::644 443] > > E: Failed to fetch > https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.36-9%2bdeb12u4_amd64.deb > < > https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.36-9%2bdeb12u4_amd64.deb> > 404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:d::644 443] > > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? > > > > So now I'm reaching out. > > Here's the info that was recommended I add: > > > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.2.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD > Binary-1 with firmware 20231007-10:29]/ bookworm main non-free-firmware > > deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ <https://deb.debian.org/debian/> > bookworm main contrib > > You probably should also include non-free-firmware in this entry unless > you are certain your system has no hardware that might require it. Laptop > wifi, some video and other peripheral devices may require > proprietary/binary firmware from this section of the repository. > > This probably did not cause your problem, however. > > > $ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > brave-browser-release.list google-chrome.list vscode.list > > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list > > deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] > https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ < > https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/> stable main > > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list > > ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ### > > # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be > lost. > > deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ < > https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/> stable main > > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list > > ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ### > > # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be > lost. > > deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code < > https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code> stable main > > > $ cat /etc/debian_version > > 12.5 > > This indicates your Debian installation is not up to date. The present > release level is 12.6, and the update to 12.7 will will be released in a > few weeks. Fixing this may correct the problem in which apt tries to > download an old version of libc6-dbg (probably the one corresponding to > your installed version of libc6. > > Regards, > Tom Dial > > > $ cat /etc/os-release > > PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" > > NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" > > VERSION_ID="12" > > VERSION="12 (bookworm)" > > VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm > > ID=debian > > HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/ <https://www.debian.org/>" > > SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support < > https://www.debian.org/support>" > > BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/ <https://bugs.debian.org/>" > > > > If there's anything you can suggest to help, it would be greatly > appreciated! > > > > Demetrius Stanton >
