Unable to locate package adafruit-pitft-helper

[mvaneijgen]

I am trying to get my PiTFT to work with Kali Lunix, but I keep getting stuck on this point. I am following this tutorial and all I get is Unable to locate package adafruit-pitft-helper

The following command: curl -SLs https://apt.adafruit.com/add | sudo bash Will result in this:

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  adding apt.adafruit.com to /etc/apt/sources.list

adafruit repo already added to apt sources
Hit http://apt.adafruit.com wheezy InRelease
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates InRelease
Hit http://http.kali.org sana InRelease
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main armel Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib armel Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main armel Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free armel Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free armel Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib armel Packages
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/dists/wheezy/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-armel/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.```

[toddtreece]

Raspbian currently is on Debian 8 "Jessie", and it looks like the version of Kali you are using might be a fork of Debian 7 "Wheezy". I think Kali 2.x is based on Jessie, so you might want to give that a shot.

I am not currently in a place where I can test this, but if you do and it's successful, please let us know and we'll update the tutorial to use Kali 2.x. Thanks!

[mvaneijgen]

I am using Kali 2.0.1 and tried both images with and without the TFT build in. Downloaded from https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vmware-arm-image-download/

[toddtreece]

can you paste in the output of this for me:

$ cat /etc/debian_version

my guess is that you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite text editor and replace this line:

deb http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/ wheezy main

with this one:

deb http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/ jessie main

and then try:

$ sudo apt-get update

[arormoser]

Same error here. Raspberry B+ with latest version of Kali. Not working. I tried changing sources for deb http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/ jessie main and got the same error:

W: Failed to fetch http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/dists/jessie/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-armel/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[IgorGanapolsky]

I am getting the same error on RP 3 B, even though I have deb http://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/ jessie main

[ladyada]

fixed with totally new system & guides updated!