Hi I tried that but it still didn't work. apt-get update had problems: root@beaglebone:~# apt-get update Err http://repos.rcn-ee.net wheezy Release.gpg Could not resolve 'repos.rcn-ee.net' Err http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch http://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'repos.rcn-ee.net' W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 5:33:56 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Audrey <ao...@smith.edu <javascript:>> > wrote: > > So I want to do floating point arithmetic in BASH, but I have trouble > > installing the bc package (https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/). > > > > I type in: > > apt-get install bc > > > > and it tells me: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > E: Unable to locate package bc > > > > So. Any idea on how to either do floating point arithmetic in BASH some > > other way, or how to install bc on beaglebone black? > > apt-get update > apt-get install bc > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
