Installing Inkscape on BunsenLabs Linux - fails [solved]

[Grobe]

Hi.

Have a computer where I want to install Inkscape on. It runs BunsenLabs (Debian based distro). More specific, I try to follow a procedure to install Inkscape to Debian Linux - but it fails.
This is the guide I have followed:
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-inkscape-on-debian-9-0/

Anybody encountered this problem before ?

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grobe@takkfaen:~$ apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
grobe@takkfaen:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease [94.3 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources [351 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main i386 Packages [372 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en [271 kB]  
Get:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Sources [145 kB]   
Hit:3 https://eu.pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian helium InRelease
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main i386 Packages [362 kB]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Translation-en [170 kB]
Hit:6 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease     
Fetched 1,857 kB in 4s (410 kB/s)                          
Reading package lists... Done
grobe@takkfaen:~$ sudo apt-get install inkscape
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package inkscape 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 'inkscape' has no installation candidate
grobe@takkfaen:~$ 

[Moini]

Weird. Maybe a temporary issue? According to the Debian website, Inkscape 0.92.1 is available in stretch (main).
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/i386/inkscape/download

[Moini]

(try 'sudo apt-get update' again, then do 'apt-cache search inkscape'.)

[Moini]

And if that returns something, then do 'apt-cache policy <packagename>' to learn more about it.

[Grobe]

Thank you. I was bothering the BunsenLabs forum with that question, and was able to solve the problem.
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4983

[brynn]

Hi Grobe,
Glad you got it solved.  Just a quick question - mostly for my own info. 

I notice you posted this in the board "Using Inkscape with Other Apps".  Is there something about Bunsen Labs Linux which makes it more of a separate program or app, as opposed to another of the many Linux distros?  Is it specific to some kind of hardware, besides the computer, or something like that?

[Grobe]

No - I was little unsure what category that should belong to.