Failing to install certbot on debian jessie

Question

I've followed the instructions at https://certbot.eff.org/all-instructions/#debian-8-jessie-nginx but cannot install certbot:

sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install certbot

Reading package lists... Done E: The value 'jessie-backports' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources

Hints appreciated

Using the instructions for OS releases without a package since that is probably the only thing I can do in this situation. — Sue Spence, Sep 12 '16 at 13:00
Same issue here. Went off of https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index2h2: ``deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main``. Ran ``aptitude install python-certbot-apache -t jessie-backports`` after adding to /etc/apt/sources.list. Got ``E: The value 'jessie-backports' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources`` printed twice. — Christos Hayward, Sep 12 '16 at 13:26
Please run "apt-get update" after changing the sources list and before installing the package. — Lupold, Nov 07 '16 at 10:24

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 13:25

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did you follow instructions above that to enable backports? You need to add

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

to your /etc/apt/sources.list

answered Sep 12 '16 at 13:25

NathanTheGr8

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The error message on my end quoted above was the same after adding the line you mentioned. I don't think the problem is on Sue's end. – Christos Hayward Sep 12 '16 at 13:27
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I couldn't comment below the main post. Thought I would try the obvious. – NathanTheGr8 Sep 12 '16 at 13:33
Fair enough. Maybe others will bring up a different fix. – Christos Hayward Sep 12 '16 at 18:08
I had enabled backports, so that isn't the answer. – Sue Spence Sep 13 '16 at 12:29
Yes I did that . and apt-get update I get this error – chrips Nov 03 '18 at 15:34

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '17 at 14:27

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Had the error message above. Running apt-get update (per the instructions) after adding the jessie-backports repository solved the problem for me

answered Feb 25 '17 at 14:27

xilaworp

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '18 at 16:44

If you are using Digital Ocean, they replace the APT sources with their own mirror. You can add backports support by adding this to your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-backports main
deb-src http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-backports main

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 24 '19 at 12:58

Add this to your /etc/apt/source.list

deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-backports main
deb-src http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-backports main

run apt-get update after that run

sudo apt-get install python-certbot-apache -t stretch

simple change sudo stretch-backports to stretch

Lionel · Answer 5 · 2019-04-19T04:28:38.103

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Add this to your /etc/apt/source.list

deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian stretch main

I am running this in a docker and jessie-backports no longer exists, and stretch-backports does not contain the files. They have been moved to stretch

edited Apr 19 '19 at 04:28

answered Apr 18 '19 at 18:08

Lionel

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Jessie is still in LTS. Why should someone upgrade to stretch? – Michael Hampton Apr 19 '19 at 04:53

Failing to install certbot on debian jessie

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