[SOLVED] apt cannot find packages from added repo

[stowed4sea]

I'm following these instructions to install a package after adding a repository, but it's not showing up when I search for it.

I see the repo, but the package isn't there. I don't entirely know how this all works, but I can see the package I want when I go to the website, what do I have to do to get apt to see the package I want from that repo?

Below is output from my terminal.

❯ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Hit:3 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease
Hit:4 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security InRelease [109 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports InRelease [99.9 kB]
Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/fis...lease-3/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Get:8 https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb kinetic InRelease [3,220 B]
Get:9 https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb kinetic/main amd64 Packages [507 B]
Get:10 https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb kinetic/main i386 Packages [507 B]
Fetched 321 kB in 1s (268 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

~ took 2s
❯ sudo apt install temurin-17-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package temurin-17-jdk

~
❯ apt search temurin
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done

I can see the package I want by going to the adoptium site and could download it there, but that's not ideal and I want to understand what's going on.

On the install instructions, I saw the note about Linux Mint, and I checked Kubuntu's os-release file, and saw it didn't matter whether I used VERSION_CODENAME or UBUNTU_CODENAME, because the both state the same "kinetic" text.

I'm not sure if this is a user problem where I'm not understanding their instructions, or if this is a problem with them and I should go to them for help, so I'm hoping to learn what to do, or where to go from here.

Thanks all.

[claydoh]

It isn't immediately clear, but the project simply hasn't published or marked any of their packages as being for Kinetic in their apt repo setup.
Either they haven't gotten around to it yet, or possibly their current packages don't work on it, or compatible ones are not built yet.
Compare the listing of packages in https://packages.adoptium.net/artifa...amd64/Packages versus the same one for Jammy or Focal.

So, yes, you will want to seek help from them. Using Jammy sources *might* work, but best to seek clarification from them first.

[jlittle]

Get:10 https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb kinetic/main i386 Packages [507 B]

Is that right?

[stowed4sea]

It isn't immediately clear, but the project simply hasn't published or marked any of their packages as being for Kinetic in their apt repo setup.
Either they haven't gotten around to it yet, or possibly their current packages don't work on it, or compatible ones are not built yet.
Compare the listing of packages in https://packages.adoptium.net/artifa...amd64/Packages versus the same one for Jammy or Focal.

So, yes, you will want to seek help from them. Using Jammy sources *might* work, but best to seek clarification from them first.

Ok, thanks for the response, I'll reach out to them.

Is that right?

No, it's not, I didn't understand why it was showing that architecture, but when I rebooted, I only saw the repo for the InRelease, not the other ones.

Thanks all!

[stowed4sea]

Wait, so, to hijack my own thread, how exactly does kubuntu work with regard to it's repo? I've never really looked into it, but don't normal distro's have their own repository of packages they maintain that is highest in hierarchy?

So because I don't see that here in Kubunto as I look closer at my repo list, does that mean Kubuntu is really just Ubuntu with the kde desktop installed? I know you can just install a new desktop environment, distro's aren't tied to that, I ran with Awesome WM over the Pop-OS distro for a long while, so is Kubuntu really just Ubuntu? So there are no packages maintained by the Kubuntu team since it's Ubuntu and the folks over there already do that?

The real difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu are the default packages installed, and Kubuntu has qt stuff and KDE isntead of gtk and gnome stuffs?

[claydoh]

Get:9 [URL]https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb[/URL] kinetic/main amd64 Packages [507 B]
Get:10 [URL]https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb[/URL] kinetic/main i386 Packages [507 B]

Yes, these are the package lists for Kinetic. Look at the contents, and see the lack of items.

As to i386, I can surmise you have enabled 32-bit support at some point , for things such as Wine or Steam, perhaps.

[Schwarzer Kater]

[…] does that mean Kubuntu is really just Ubuntu with the kde desktop installed?
[…]

To quote from https://kubuntu.org/about-us/ :
"Kubuntu is a community developed and supported project. Since its launch in October 2004, Kubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world. Our mission is to provide the latest stable KDE software, which includes the flagship project Plasma, our desktop environment on top of a stable Ubuntu core. We release in 6 monthly cycles, following the same freezes/milestones as Ubuntu."

Kubuntu is roughly as much "Ubuntu" as all the other spins like Xubuntu or Lubuntu are.

I am sure you get a better experience with one of the spins than you would get by just installing the desktop environment on top of Ubuntu Gnome or Ubuntu Server.

[stowed4sea]

Yes, these are the package lists for Kinetic. Look at the contents, and see the lack of items.

As to i386, I can surmise you have enabled 32-bit support at some point , for things such as Wine or Steam, perhaps.

Oh, right, that makes sense.

Thanks again all for the helpful responses.

[claydoh]

Wait, so, to hijack my own thread, how exactly does kubuntu work with regard to it's repo? I've never really looked into it, but don't normal distro's have their own repository of packages they maintain that is highest in hierarchy?

So because I don't see that here in Kubunto as I look closer at my repo list, does that mean Kubuntu is really just Ubuntu with the kde desktop installed? I know you can just install a new desktop environment, distro's aren't tied to that, I ran with Awesome WM over the Pop-OS distro for a long while, so is Kubuntu really just Ubuntu? So there are no packages maintained by the Kubuntu team since it's Ubuntu and the folks over there already do that?

The real difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu are the default packages installed, and Kubuntu has qt stuff and KDE isntead of gtk and gnome stuffs?

Kubuntu is an official part of Ubuntu. Same exact repos and infrastructure.

Kubuntu is a sub-team , if you will. They basically handle packaging Plasma related items.