hostapd gone from Raspian package repository?

[bluedalmatian]

Im trying to install hostapd which according to all the documentation I can find should be in the default raspian (stretch) repositories and installed with apt-get install hostapd yet Im getting not found why I try it. Ive just done an update so I know apt is working correctly and I can see it listed in the debian repositories so why is it missing from raspian?

Thanks

[rpdom]

It's not missing.

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pi@raspi1:~ $ apt-cache policy hostapd
hostapd:
  Installed: 2:2.4-1+deb9u1
  Candidate: 2:2.4-1+deb9u1
  Version table:
 *** 2:2.4-1+deb9u1 500
        500 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[B.Goode]

Did you do a

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sudo apt upgrade

(or any other variant of *-upgrade) after the update?

If so, you may need to run

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sudo apt update

again.

[bluedalmatian]

Thanks for that. Never come across that one before, I always though an apt-get update BEFORE an upgrade updated the repos index

[B.Goode]

Thanks for that. Never come across that one before, I always though an apt-get update BEFORE an upgrade updated the repos index

It does.

But there was a recent reorganization of the repositories which was implemented as a change shipped as an upgrade. So unusually, an update is needed subsequent to that upgrade to get back into sync. I believe this is a 'one-off', or certainly something out of the ordinary.