Sunday, June 5, 2022

[SOLVED] Can't find emacs package on Debian

Issue

I need help to install emacs on my Debian 7.2 system. I have looked at many other forms and cannot get emacs to install.

I have tried running "sudo apt-get install emacs", "sudo apt-get install emacs23", any other way to type emacs.

I have also tried which returns a couple 404 errors.

sudo apt-get update
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cassou/emacs/ubuntu/dists/wheezy/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

jon@debian:~$ apt-cache policy 
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://emacs.naquadah.org/ stable/ Packages
     release o=jd,a=stable,n=stable,l=jd,c=
     origin emacs.naquadah.org
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main Translation-en
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
     release v=12.04,o=Ubuntu,a=precise-security,n=precise,l=Ubuntu,c=main
     origin security.ubuntu.com
Pinned packages:
jon@debian:~$ apt-cache policy emacs
emacs:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1
  Version table:
     23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages

What commands do I need to run or what files should I remove or modify?


Solution

I would try to add an entry in my sources.list file (https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList). This tells apt-get where to get it's package list from.



Answered By - user3103692
Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)
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