Cryptsetup missing on one machine but present on another identical installation

[User2389475]

Hello proxmox community,

I'm trying to install cryptsetup because it is missing for a reason that escape me and I'm getting the following error:

Package cryptsetup 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 'cryptsetup' has no installation candidate

I am perplexed because I don't have this problem on another identical installation.

The debian versions are the same; the apt lists are the same; the CPU architecture are the same, etc...

Linux working 6.8.12-1-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.8.12-1 (2024-08-05T16:17Z) x86_64
root@working:~# apt update
Hit:5 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:1 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-reef bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease


Linux notworking 6.8.12-1-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.8.12-1 (2024-08-05T16:17Z) x86_64
root@notworking:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:5 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-reef bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease

 

[UdoB]

cryptsetup is in "main":

~# apt policy cryptsetup
cryptsetup:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2
  Version table:
     2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages

Please run a fresh "apt update" (and full-upgrade to install pending updates) and then post your "apt policy cryptsetup". (If you see errors post them too...)

 

[fabian]

please also post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list and all files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

 

[User2389475]

Please run a fresh "apt update" (and full-upgrade to install pending updates) and then post your "apt policy cryptsetup". (If you see errors post them too...)

No package left to install.

apt policy cryptsetup
cryptsetup:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

 

[User2389475]

please also post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list and all files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription

 cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-reef bookworm no-subscription
# deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-enterprise

 

[UdoB]

Well..., I do not see any problem - that situation is... strange :-(

Also things like "disk full" or "internet down" should generate an error message - at least. I've tried ftp.ca.debian.org, and it gives me the expected version.

Any chance that you are behind a forced intermediate proxy which damages "some" things? Some other extraordinary things, network related?

After "apt update", do you see the lists downloaded? Mine (from ftp.ca) look like this:

ls -alt /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ca
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    55443 21. Jan 15:21 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    74682 14. Jan 21:03 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    89832 14. Jan 21:03 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   151037 11. Jan 11:34 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50045047 11. Jan 10:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32714163 11. Jan 10:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   233996 11. Jan 10:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   189292 11. Jan 10:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1224 16. Feb 2024  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      538 16. Feb 2024  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6949579  9. Jun 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    18594  1. Jun 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8017516 31. Mai 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-de
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1347 20. Dez 2022  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-de%5fDE

 

[User2389475]

Well..., I do not see any problem - that situation is... strange :-(

Also things like "disk full" or "internet down" should generate an error message - at least. I've tried ftp.ca.debian.org, and it gives me the expected version.

Any chance that you are behind a forced intermediate proxy which damages "some" things? Some other extraordinary things, network related?

After "apt update", do you see the lists downloaded? Mine (from ftp.ca) look like this:

ls -alt /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ca
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    55443 21. Jan 15:21 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    74682 14. Jan 21:03 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    89832 14. Jan 21:03 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   151037 11. Jan 11:34 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50045047 11. Jan 10:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32714163 11. Jan 10:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   233996 11. Jan 10:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   189292 11. Jan 10:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1224 16. Feb 2024  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      538 16. Feb 2024  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6949579  9. Jun 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    18594  1. Jun 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8017516 31. Mai 2023  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-de
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1347 20. Dez 2022  ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-de%5fDE

I normally have a firewall rule to disable all internet access except updates, but a bug in the dynamic allow list generation causes the network request to fail the first time, which then causes

apt-get update

to hang, but the firewall rule is disabled at the moment. I don't know why cryptsetup is not already installed though. I suspect a corrupted file. What if I delete every file in `ls -alt /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ca` ?

ls -alt /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep ca
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   55443 Jan 21 09:21 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   15093 Jan 14 15:17 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages.diff_Index
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   15093 Jan 14 15:17 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en.diff_Index
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 14 15:17 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 14 15:17 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  151037 Jan 11 05:34 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 11 04:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 11 04:46 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_main_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 11 04:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       0 Jan 11 04:45 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1224 Feb 16  2024 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     538 Feb 16  2024 ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_bookworm-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en

 

[fabian]

you can do that, and then re-run `apt update` to download them again.. I suspect the 0-byte files there are the issue.

 

[User2389475]

you can do that, and then re-run `apt update` to download them again.. I suspect the 0-byte files there are the issue.

Problem solved. Thank you.