[Solved] [Update issue] libffi install issue

[kanyakumarirock]

Dear Team

Thanks for reading my problem. I have googled the problem and tried to find out solutions at various platforms. But, no concrete answer I could find that would resolve the issue and remove my confusion.

I am trying to install a fotware using spack on my Linux Debian cluster, which gave me error :

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 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes' 

Internet fix suggested installing

libffi-dev

While trying to do so I am encounetring following issue:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libffi-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 157 kB of archives.
After this operation, 314 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  libffi-dev
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Err http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main libffi-dev amd64 3.1-2+deb8u1
  404  Not Found [IP: 146.75.74.132 80]
Err http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ jessie/updates/main libffi-dev amd64 3.1-2+deb8u1
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/libf/libffi/libffi-dev_3.1-2+deb8u1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I am not sure how can I overcome the above problem?

My Linux cluster distribution is : Debian 8 (Jessie).

Please advise.

Thanks.

[lindi]

Debian 8 reached end of life in 2018.

[kanyakumarirock]

Thanks for your message.

But, we have many softwares installed on this machine. so, sudden update may disrupt the whole distribution balance. Could it be possible to suggest some alternative way to tackle this keeping the distribution version intact please?

thanks

[Aki]

Could it be possible to suggest some alternative way to tackle this keeping the distribution version intact please?

Debian 8 is nicknamed "jessie":

• Debian “jessie” Release Information

You can try configuring /etc/apt/sources.list including:

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deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

• http://archive.debian.org/README

As an example:

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$ rmadison --url archive libffi-dev
 libffi-dev | 3.0.7-1         | debian/lenny           | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 libffi-dev | 3.0.9-3         | debian/squeeze         | amd64, armel, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 libffi-dev | 3.0.10-3        | debian/wheezy          | amd64, armel, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 libffi-dev | 3.0.10-3+b1     | debian/wheezy          | armhf, s390x
 libffi-dev | 3.0.10-3+deb7u2 | debian/wheezy-security | amd64, armel, armhf, i386
 libffi-dev | 3.1-2+b2        | debian/jessie-kfreebsd | kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386
 libffi-dev | 3.1-2+deb8u1    | debian/jessie          | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
 libffi-dev | 3.1-2+deb8u1    | debian/jessie-security | amd64, armel, armhf, i386
 libffi-dev | 3.2.1-6         | debian/stretch         | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x

Hope this helps. Please let me know.

[Aki]

Hello @kanyakumarirock,
Did you sort it out ?

[kanyakumarirock]

Hi

Sorry for such delay in responding. After a while, I again started working on this issue.

Now, my sources.list file looks like :

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main

# apt-get -t jessie-backports install "package"
deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/repo/ jessie main

Still, when I tryo to do

sudo apt-get install libffi-dev

, following error is obtained:

Err http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ jessie/updates/main libffi-dev amd64 3.1-2+deb8u1
404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.130.132 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/debian-secur ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.130.132 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Suggest please.

Thanks.

[sunrat]

There is no security support for Jessie. That repo no longer exists. You really should upgrade your Debian, especially if connected to the internet.

[kanyakumarirock]

Yes, we will upgrade at some point. Can there be other alternative solution as of now to tackle the issue?

[kanyakumarirock]

This issue is not solved yet.

[kanyakumarirock]

I got it solved from another web resource people's platform. The response was quick and supportive.