cuckooflew wrote:Since Debian Stretch has moved to LTS (Long Term Support), you need to modify/edit your /etc/apt/source.list as shown in the link below:
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/UsingThe current LTS version is Debian 9 stretch and will be supported from 2020-07-06 to 2022-06-30. To receive security updates, your /etc/apt/sources.list should look like this one:
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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
----snip, but please do read the entire wiki page, there is more details.-----
That package may have "unsupported" dependencies, and this is why your error message is saying:---partial--Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation
From the same,link I posted above:Check for unsupported packages
Not all packages of the Debian archive are supported by LTS. To check whether you have unsupported packages installed on your machine, please install the debian-security-support package (use the version in stretch, unstable will not work as expected). A check for new unsupported packages is run every time packages are installed. You can also run the 'check-support-status' utility manually to get a list of all unsupported packages installed on your system.AlexKillometer>> Is there some method of applying updates for Debian 10 that could create a different outcome?
You could probably still upgrade to Debian 10, but you should not try mixing Debian 10 , with Debian 9, see: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebianIf you're trying to install software that isn't available in the current Debian Stable release, it's not a good idea to add repositories for other Debian releases. The problems might not happen right away, but the next time you install updates.
There might be a way to use the Debian 10 updates, but that is much more advanced then what I can help you with, that is to say I have never tried doing something like that, but it seems like I have seen posts where other have tried,
I think in most cases it resulted in a broken system, ...So your best option really is to try to do a full upgrade, there is detailed instructions here:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
Some of the details may not apply to you, it appears complicated , etc, but really isn't that bad, the first time though is more difficult, you really need to read the instructions carefully, and if there is any part you are not sure about, ask here before trying it. Many users think it is just easier to do a fresh install, and in some cases it is,
Either way, you need to be sure to make a good back up /copy of all the important data , that you need to save,.....that could be a entirely new topic if you need help with how to make a backup,etc, but if you do need help with that , please do start a new topic for that.
Sorry I am not really able to help more, someone else might know of a way to get the package or packages you need from Debian 10, but I think you could just make your backup and do the upgrade faster,...
Thats OK, I learned a few things from your responses. I really liked the links you put in here. I've taken some time to try and read documentation available on this site, but I find it not very intuitive to learn from, and often get lost. I was especially glad to see the Debian 10 Source Lists. Even though the advice given was to not mix them, I had been searching for what they were in the first place, thinking that maybe The process would just be like installing a Debian ISO from a USB on a empty system; out with the bad, in with the good. I will have to try installing from a USB Bootable drive using only the programs I already have installed, since I can't update anything. THis was not sucessfull the first few times, but back to the drawing board, as they say.