[Bug]: Ubuntu 23.04 Dependency Check for Netcat

[SeanRudden]

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I am trying to install a Rust server on Ubuntu 23.04, it fails at installing dependencies for steamcmd.

Game

Rust

Linux distro

Other

Command

command: install

Further information

After running ./rustserver install, I get the following:

E: Package 'netcat' has no installation candidate
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo apt update; sudo apt install bsdmainutils bzip2 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 netcat steamcmd unzip
Failure! Missing dependencies required to run SteamCMD.
fetching GitHub core_exit.sh...OK
~$

after trying to install netcat manually:

~$ sudo apt install netcat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package netcat is a virtual package provided by:
  netcat-traditional 1.10-47
  netcat-openbsd 1.219-1ubuntu1
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'netcat' has no installation candidate
~$

It appears that in Ubuntu 23.04 netcat is now split into 2 versions. I tried Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 and they don't have this issue. I believe netcat-traditional should be used instead for the dependency check.

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[d3adwolf]

Similar problem, i'm install netcat-traditional with apt - didn't help.

[ WARN ] Starting Minecraft: Missing dependencies: netcatInformation! Automatically installing missing dependencies.
Hit:1 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar InRelease
Hit:2 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package netcat is a virtual package provided by:
  netcat-traditional 1.10-47
  netcat-openbsd 1.219-1ubuntu1
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'netcat' has no installation candidate
sudo apt update; sudo apt install netcat

My OS: ⬇️
Linux mcserver 6.2.0-35-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 3 13:14:56 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[d3adwolf]

And the netcat package itself does not exist in Ubuntu 23.04.

[gOOvER]

Ubuntu 23.04 is no lts Version ;) I Bet, only lts is supported

[dgibbs64]

As per this commend the openbsd version is newer and has more features. I will use that package moving forward https://askubuntu.com/a/426320