[SOLVED] Git-Core Won't Install

[Grave Digger]

trying to install tautulli and need git-core to do sp but git-core won't install.

[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]gravedigger@Digger[/B][/COLOR]:[COLOR=#5454FF][B]~[/B][/COLOR]$ apt-get install git-core
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
[COLOR=#54FF54][B]gravedigger@Digger[/B][/COLOR]:[COLOR=#5454FF][B]~[/B][/COLOR]$ sudo su
[sudo] password for gravedigger:  
root@Digger:/home/gravedigger# apt-get install git-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package git-core
root@Digger:/home/gravedigger# 

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kubuntu 19.10 64 bit

[jglen490]

First, it really shouldn't make a difference, but sudo apt install <package name> is now generally preferred over apt-get. Second, have you opened either synaptic or muon to see if either "git" or "git-core" returns a listing?

I'm going to assume that your sources list includes at least the normal sources.

[Grave Digger]

o.k. checked both synaptic and muon and no git items at all. tried the sudo apt install git-core and still got:

[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]gravedigger@Digger[/B][/COLOR]:[COLOR=#5454FF][B]~[/B][/COLOR]$ sudo apt install git-core
[sudo] password for gravedigger:  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package git-core

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[Grave Digger]

@jglen490 thanks for attempting to help much appreciated. i searched for installing git instead of git-core. git and tautulli are both in and running perfectly.

[jglen490]

You're welcome. Everything I saw said that git is brought in by the meta-package git-core as a dependency, but that's kinda hard to do when it's not in the repos

So it goes ...

[Grave Digger]

yea looks like someone put the cart before the horse thanks again.

[claydoh]

You're welcome. Everything I saw said that git is brought in by the meta-package git-core as a dependency, but that's kinda hard to do when it's not in the repos

So it goes ...

The package is 'virtual', so it does not show up in a search, but does exist when running apt to install it in recent *buntu and Debian versions.
It looks like Debian moved to different packaging layout for git around 2016 or earlier, and use the virtual package for backwards compatibility.

sudo apt install git-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'git' instead of 'git-core'
Suggested packages:
  git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs
  git-mediawiki git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  git
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 143 not upgraded.

It is possible that your package database may have been out of sync if sudo apt update was not run before the install attempt.

[Grave Digger]

@claydohlike i said all's good now. i installed git vs git-core. as for doing sudo apt update prior to attempting the git-core install yes i did do it.