Sunday, June 29, 2025

Unable to install python3.11-venv on debian bookworm


I was getting some errors when I tried installing python3.11-venv on debian bookworm.
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Err:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 python3.11-venv amd64 3.11.2-6+deb12u5

404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:25::644 80]

E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python3.11/python3.11-venv_3.11.2-6%2bdeb12u5_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:25::644 80]



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

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How did I resolve the issue?

Edit your sources.list following this example on Debian wiki by adding this line:deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main


Then run:sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade sudo apt install -y python3.11-venv

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The Quick Solution:

The magic command that can bring your Gnome Calculator back to life is:


$ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/refresh-interval 0


References:
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=158572