Hi, Stephane Ascoet <stephaneasc...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote (Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:49:15 +0000): > > To install french keyboard support in Debian-live(having to do this is a > first problem, the boot menu choice having only partial effect), I searched > out how with "man loadkeys". I understood that keymaps where missing so I've > searched "keymaps" on the packages > Website(https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=keymaps). > I get a list with 8 console-keymaps-* packages. But non of them can be > installed via apt! I finally found the right virtual package with "aptitude > search" but this inconstancy is abnormal, the online package search should be > the mirror of the cli one
The packages you found via packages.debian.org are 'udeb' packages: special packages to be only used by the debian-installer; they are not meant to be installed on a usual Debian system. That's why apt does not provide them to you for installation. I agree, that this is not obvious to users/newcomers: at the search result list, you only see Paket console-keymaps-acorn bullseye (stable) (debian-installer): keymaps for Acorn RISC-PC keyboards 2:1.12-8: all Paket console-keymaps-amiga bullseye (stable) (debian-installer): keymaps for Amiga keyboards 2:1.12-8: all Paket console-keymaps-at bullseye (stable) (debian-installer): keymaps for PC-style (PS/2 and AT) keyboards 2:1.12-8: all and so on. Users might overlook the "(debian-installer)" hint or don't understand its meaning. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
