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Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ...

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On Sun, 1 May 2022 11:18:23 +0000
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 03:13:06PM +1000, Charlie wrote:
> > >   
> > 
> > Thank you for that update. I will give your sources list a try because
> > my new Asus desktop install won't accept the sources list from my
> > working laptop:
> > 
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib
> > 
> > with this message:
> > 
> > Release file for http://deb.debian/dists/bullseye/InRelease is not
> > valid yet (invalid for another 5d 13h 52m 3s) Updates for this
> > repository will not be applied.
> > 
> > Because the installer configured the Ethernet connection but could not
> > access the mirror, I put in the above from my home lappy, but still no
> > joy. So will try your sources list, thank you.
> > 
> > Charlie
> > --   
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> That error is symptomatic of another problem: what time/date does the 
> machine think it has.
> 
> If files come from the future, it could be that the time or date is
> incorrectly set in firmware - or that something doesn't have a real
> time clock.
> 
> That's fairly easily reset by using the date command and hwclock commands.
> 
> I always have to check the syntax of the date command:
> 
> date -u MMDDHHmmCCYY where u is for UTC 
> 
> date -u 050111132022
> 
> would be round about now and would set the system time accordingly.
> 
> hwclock --systohc 
> 
> would apply system time to the hardware clock (or --hctosys would go the other
> way].
> 
> Hope this helps - with every good wish, as ever,
> 
> Andy Cater

Thank you Andy, you are the man. Hit the nail squarely on the head.

The hardware clock thought it was in 2005-01-01

Using the guidance you posted. It worked a treat and could update and
would install packages.

Thank you for your help, it is extremely much appreciated.

Charlie
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E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2022-04-29 04:30 +0200
  Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-29 04:40 +0200
    Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2022-04-30 05:00 +0200
    Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2022-04-30 05:00 +0200
      Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-30 05:20 +0200
        Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2022-04-30 20:20 +0200
          Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2022-04-30 23:50 +0200
            Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-05-01 02:30 +0200
            Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charlie <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2022-05-01 07:20 +0200
              Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-05-01 13:20 +0200
                Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charlie <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2022-05-01 14:30 +0200
                Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-05-01 15:40 +0200
                Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charlie <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2022-05-02 00:10 +0200
  Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-29 06:20 +0200
    Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-04-29 06:30 +0200
      Re: E: Package 'vlc' has no installation candidate ... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-29 06:40 +0200

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