On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:20:48 -0700, nelso...@gmail.com wrote:

> I am trying to setup afp file saring from a raspberrypi (2b) running the
> latest buster.  I need to setup password using afppasswd, but afppasswd
> does not exist on my pi.  I installed netatalk using 'sudo apt install
> netatalk'.  And multiple times using 'sudo apt install --reinstall
> netatalk' to no avail.  afppasswd does not exist in any bin/sbin file.
> In stretch it existed in /usr/local/bin, but buster doesn't have
> anything in /usr/local.  In any event where would the password file be
> if I ever get netatalk working?
>
> I need to use uams_randnum.so which needs a password text file.
>
>   --Steven

Remember that 'man' is your friend - in this case reading "man apt" and
then using "apt search' followed by "apt show" a few times would have
saved you a lot of time and reinstalls which, BTW, seldom do any good but
do waste time and bandwidth.

Did you run an apt search such as "sudo apt search netatalk"
followed by "sudo apt show packagename" to find out about the other
packages it lists?

"apt show" tells you what a package does before you install it and should
list its dependencies, which it doesn't for netatalk. Since it didn't,
the netatalk package description is evidently missing a dependency list
and then telling porkies about it because you've found it has undeclared
dependencies. However, if you had run "apt search netatalk" you'd have
seen them.


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