Why do I receive the error STDERR: E: Unable to locate package libboost-dev when setting up the Embedded Coder Support Package for BeagleBone Black?

During setup of the BeagleBone Black after installing the Embedded Coder Support package for BeagleBone Black, I received the following error message

Warning: An error has occurred while installing "libboost-dev" Linux package. System returned the following error message: Error executing command "sudo apt-get -y install

libboost-dev". Details:

STDERR: E: Unable to locate package libboost-dev

Will this negatively impact the installation? If so, how do I resolve it?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This issue is due to the repositories for Wheezy being removed from the Debian mirror network.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/03/msg00006.html

To resolve this issue, you will need to manually add the repositories to the sources apt sources list:

1. ssh into the BeagleBone Black

2. Open /etc/apt/sources.list in a text editor

3. Add the lines

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

4. Execute the following

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -y install libboost-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev