[Michael Havens]

 ~ $ more /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rp
i
# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.raspbian.org/archive/raspbian/ whe
ezy main contrib non-free rpi


On 3/9/15, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> What is in your sources.list? cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 3:44 PM, coverturtle <coverturtle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>> About the SD card:
>> The Raspberry is not the fastest processor but it's still a
>> bunch faster than the SD card.  So it's best to get the
>> fastest SD card you can afford, at least a 16GB card.
>>
>> You may have an older version, but my raspberry mod 2
>> had no trouble loading the raspberry version of debian that
>> was available over a year ago.  It is running an 8GB
>> SanDisk Ultra 30MB/s 6 HC I.  I loaded XBMC on it with
>> no complaints.   Of course you probably have a newer
>> version of the Pi and the software.
>>
>> If I had to change anything, I would try to use the fastest
>> SD Card I could afford, preferable the kind used in the
>> new high-end cameras.  Also, the one with the most
>> storage I could afford, but the priority is speed over
>> storage size.
>>
>> The other thing is that open source development can
>> sometimes be frustrating (like I can't install batctl on
>> my linux box right now) so just keep trying.  But just
>> once or twice a day because you know the developers
>> probably won't upload updates to the mirrors more
>> than once a day.
>>
>> And relax.
>>
>> FWIW, that's all I have for you.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/08/2015 04:45 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>> hi guys, I got a problem. I ordered a Raspberry PI to run XBMC (aka
>>> Kodi) on so I can return the NUC to my father. The PI installs an IS
>>> called Raspian (a modified Debian). I am now having problems
>>> insralling XBMC (aka Kodi). Here is what happens:
>>>
>>> I ran apt-get upgrade- no problem
>>> ~ $ sudo apt-get install xbmc
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>>> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>>> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>>> or been moved out of Incoming.
>>> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>>>
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>   xbmc : Depends: xbmc-bin (>= 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1) but it is
>>> not installable
>>>          Depends: xbmc-bin (< 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1.1~) but it
>>> is not installable
>>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>>>
>>>   ~ $ sudo apt-get install xbmc-bin
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> Package xbmc-bin is not available, but is referred to by another
>>> package.
>>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>>> is only available from another source
>>>
>>> E: Package 'xbmc-bin' has no installation candidate
>>>
>>> So what do I need to do? Whenever I install xbmc from a n ubuntu based
>>> os it installs with no problem. Every other time I installed it onto a
>>> debian based os it installed with no problems.
>>> Another thing, I am also supposed to add a repository but this is the
>>> result:
>>>
>>>   ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
>>> sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
>>>   ~ $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
>>> sudo: apt-add-repository: command not found
>>>
>>> I believe I added the repository onto a debian based os before but if
>>> it is not possible this is operator error.
>>>
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