VisionFive 2 repos, Unable to locate package git

[mpetit480]

Hi

This is my issue:

sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com starfive-debian InRelease
Hit:2 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
All packages are up to date.
mathieu@starfive:/etc/apt$ sudo apt install git
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package git

It is Debian trixie with kernel Linux starfive 6.12.5-starfive

[lzzhzh]

@mpetit480

sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com starfive-debian InRelease
Hit:2 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
All packages are up to date.

I didn’t see any mention of debian repos in the above information. debianrepo-t.starfivetech Only Starfive’s customised package, no Debian.

#[Bookworm] [stable]
deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20230612T050707Z unstable main
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com starfive-debian bookworm
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 contrib restricted

or

#[Trixie] [unstable]
deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20241224T203807Z trixie main
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com starfive-debian trixie
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 contrib restricted

or

If being bolder（Not recommended by Starfive):

#[Trixie] [stable]
deb https://****************/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com starfive-debian trixie
deb https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 contrib restricted

[mzs]

@lzzhzh

If being bolder（Not recommended by Starfive)

You should probably add that doing so will probably disable GPU and VPU access, and possible force headless only access either via SSH or the serial console.

[lzzhzh]

@mzs

You should probably add that doing so will probably disable GPU and VPU access, and possible force headless only access either via SSH or the serial console.

You are right, I forgot, I was only thinking about solving the git installation.

If choose [Bookworm] [stable], there is no need to consider GPU or VPU. If choose [Trixie] [unstable] or [Trixie] [stable], will need to consider downgrading programs for GPU or VPU, which is only required in the next step.
Actually, I use Debian Trixie [stable] myself and haven’t fully applied StarFive’s downgrade scheme. I did this to ensure that when using VLC (3.0.21-2-SF1) and MPV (0.35.1-4) for hardware decoding, the GPU and CPU usage stays below 30-40%.

@mzs

and possible force headless only access either via SSH or the serial console.

As long as Linux 6.12.5-starfive kernel is still being used, headless will not be used.