AdnanHodzic / displaylink-debian

DisplayLink driver installer for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions.
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Failed to uninstall and reinstall on PureOS - linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64 missing #897

Closed Smojo closed 9 months ago

Smojo commented 9 months ago

I'm on still on PureOS 10 – Byzantium (based on Debian 11 - Bullseye). After installing the last system updates, display link stopped working. I tried to uninstall and reinstall, but already the uninstall fails with:

sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh

--------------------------- displaylink-debian -------------------------------

DisplayLink driver installer for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions:

  • Debian, Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Mint, Kali, Deepin and many more!
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Checking dependencies

unzip is installed dpkg-query: package 'linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files. linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64 not found! Install? [Y/n] Y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Package linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64 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 'linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64' has no installation candidate linux-headers-5.10.0-28-amd64 installation failed. Aborting.

Smojo commented 9 months ago

Solved by Purism: https://forums.puri.sm/t/linux-headers-5-10-0-28-amd64-missing/22725/5

Was able to update as usual afterwards (uninstall -> install)