Can't install emacs on freshly installed? ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:
>
> Really strange things are going on here.
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:35:50AM +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 at 09:04, Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 08:14:36PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > > > Next, run this command:
> > > >
> > > > apt full-upgrade
> > >
> > > Hmm, do I always have to run this on a freshly installed system? If so, I
> > > wonder why the installer won't run this when it offers the possibility to
> > > upgrade after the install?
> >
> > It probably does do that.  That is the recommended way when upgrading packages.
> > sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
>
> On the system I installed yesterday, I ran today:
>
>   # apt update && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade && apt install emacs
>
> and everything was good.
>
> Then I did a new, complete fresh install. Then I did:
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>   # apt update && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade && apt install emacs
>
> and got exactly the same error as yesterday.
>
> Any explanation on this?

Just a wild guess, but a problem with a mirror that is not sync'd. Do
both machines use the same mirror?

Jeff