Unable to install multipath-tools package

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hux2000

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I'm testing Proxmox PVE 9.1 as a VM in a VMware environment. Installation was smooth. I need to set up multipathing, but apt can't find find the 'multipath-tools' package:

Code: 
root@proxmox1:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid trixie InRelease
Hit:5 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve trixie InRelease
All packages are up to date.
root@proxmox1:~# apt install multipath-tools
Error: Unable to locate package multipath-tools

That package is available in the Trixie repo, so what's the problem here?

EDIT: Turns out this problem isn't confined to 'multipath-tools' — I get the same response when I do 'apt install open-vm-tools' as well. So I guess something is up with package management in general.
 
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Impact said:
Try
Bash: 
apt clean
apt update
apt policy multipath-tools
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Same result, basically:

Code: 
root@proxmox1:~# apt clean
root@proxmox1:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid trixie InRelease
Hit:5 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve trixie InRelease
All packages are up to date.
root@proxmox1:~# apt policy multipath-tools
Notice: Unable to locate package multipath-tools[CODE]
 
Weird. Looks like this for me
Bash: 
# apt policy multipath-tools
multipath-tools:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.11.1-2
  Version table:
     0.11.1-2 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 Packages
Can you share this?
Bash: 
find /etc/apt/sources.list* -type f -exec tail -n +1 {} +
cat /etc/os-release
apt install -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true multipath-tools
 
What does your repo file for Debian actually look like?

It should have:
Code: 
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib

# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org trixie-security main contrib


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Impact said:
Can you share this?
Bash: 
find /etc/apt/sources.list* -type f -exec tail -n +1 {} +
cat /etc/os-release
apt install -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true multipath-tools
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Here ya go:
Code: 
root@proxmox1:~# find /etc/apt/sources.list* -type f -exec tail -n +1 {} +
==> /etc/apt/sources.list <==

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources <==
Types: deb
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/proxmox.sources <==
Types: deb
URIs: http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve
Suites: trixie
Components: pve-no-subscription
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpg

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.sources <==
Types: deb
URIs: https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid
Suites: trixie
Components: enterprise
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpg
Enabled: false

Types: deb
URIs: http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid
Suites: trixie
Components: no-subscription
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpg

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.sources <==
Types: deb
URIs: https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve
Suites: trixie
Components: pve-enterprise
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpg
Enabled: false

root@proxmox1:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.2
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

root@proxmox1:~# apt install -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true multipath-tools
Error: Unable to locate package multipath-tools
 
bbgeek17 said:
What does your repo file for Debian actually look like?
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You mean "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources"? It looks like this:
Code: 
Types: deb
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
 
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