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hello all. trying run following piece of code install tightvncserver receiving following error. please help!

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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tightvncserver  package tightvncserver not available, referred package. may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or available source  e: package 'tightvncserver' has no installation candidate

it should there, here's using "showpkg":

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sudo apt-cache showpkg tightvncserver  package: tightvncserver versions: 1.3.9-6.4 (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrordirector.raspbian.org_raspbian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-armhf_packages)  description language:                  file: /var/lib/apt/lists/mirrordirector.raspbian.org_raspbian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-armhf_packages                   md5: 212aadc6932fc1ffc49df1c9619bc26a  reverse depends:   tightvnc-java,tightvncserver   xtightvncviewer,tightvncserver   xrdp,tightvncserver   x2vnc,tightvncserver   vncsnapshot,tightvncserver   education-thin-client-server,tightvncserver dependencies: 1.3.9-6.4 - libc6 (2 2.13-28) libjpeg8 (2 8c) libx11-6 (0 (null)) libxext6 (0 (null)) zlib1g (2 1:1.1.4) perl (0 (null)) x11-common (16 (null)) xserver-common (0 (null)) x11-utils (0 (null)) xauth (0 (null)) tightvnc-java (0 (null)) xfonts-base (0 (null)) x11-xserver-utils (0 (null)) provides: 1.3.9-6.4 - xserver vnc-server reverse provides: 

, here's using "show"

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sudo apt-cache show tightvncserver  package: tightvncserver source: tightvnc version: 1.3.9-6.4 architecture: armhf maintainer: ola lundqvist <opal@debian.org> installed-size: 1474 depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-28), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libx11-6, libxext6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), perl, x11-common | xserver-common, x11-utils, xauth recommends: xfonts-base, x11-xserver-utils suggests: tightvnc-java provides: vnc-server, xserver homepage: http://www.tightvnc.com priority: optional section: x11 filename: pool/main/t/tightvnc/tightvncserver_1.3.9-6.4_armhf.deb size: 786048 sha256: fde4d00d4a807e6eeb4e5de31ffe2f59c29a33938c86120b7cc2ab19ebd14ba3 sha1: feda6e81aea80495e554aae183e311d0ca0a3d44 md5sum: c3309e34b2e14f4970917bb7202f6169 description: virtual network computing server software  vnc stands virtual network computing. is, in essence, remote  display system allows view computing `desktop' environment  not on machine running, anywhere on  internet , wide variety of machine architectures.  .  package provides server x clients can connect ,  server generates display can viewed vncviewer.  .  difference between tightvncserver , normal vncserver  data encoding, optimized low bandwidth connections. if client not  support jpeg or zlib encoding can use default one. later versions of  vncserver (> 3.3.3r2) support new automatic encoding should equally  tightvnc encoding.  .  note: server not support or need display. need vncviewer  see something. however, viewer may on computer running other  operating systems in local net. 

if simulated install seems ok.

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sudo apt-get -s install tightvncserver reading package lists... done building dependency tree reading state information... done following packages installed:   x11-xserver-utils xfonts-base suggested packages:   tightvnc-java nickle cairo-5c xorg-docs-core following new packages installed:   tightvncserver x11-xserver-utils xfonts-base 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 remove , 0 not upgraded. inst tightvncserver (1.3.9-6.4 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [armhf]) inst x11-xserver-utils (7.7~3 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [armhf]) inst xfonts-base (1:1.0.3 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [all]) conf tightvncserver (1.3.9-6.4 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [armhf]) conf x11-xserver-utils (7.7~3 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [armhf]) conf xfonts-base (1:1.0.3 raspbian:7.0/oldstable [all]) 

ran "apt-get update" have latest package list. try running "apt-get upgrade" bring date , see if install works after that.

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