Missing packages

[FDF]

Hi,

I am using LMDE since more than one year.
Since the last major update, it seems many packages are no more available
I was trying to find BOINC. Nothing appears with synaptic.
I have had the same problem with some other small tools I was wanting to try, but I forget which package as it was not so important.
However, that's strange, especially with the LMDE as it is Debian based and should be very wide open. So I guess the problem is on my side, but I have no idea where to start to solve it.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards

[xenopeek]

You can usually trace these kind of questions using Debian PTS. For example for BOINC: http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/boinc.html. In the log you can see that BOINC was removed from the testing repository from mid May till early August this year. If the UP you are on was built in that period, it wouldn't include BOINC as it wasn't available in the Debian testing repository at that time. UP6 will be released before the end of this year, so it looks like BOINC will return soon.

[FDF]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.
I am not used to Debian PTS. Even written I am not sure I would have noticed as I am not familiar with the process.
If I face again this surprising "missing package" I will have a look to try to understand by myself.

Best regards