Zorin apt tells me the YAD package is not available

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I need YAD for an application I am trying to run on Zorin, but apt search tells me the package is not available. Any ideas on where I might find it ?

sources list

# deb cdrom:[Zorin-OS 17.2 Core 64bit]/ jammy main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy multiverse restricted universe main

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates multiverse restricted universe main

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy universe
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates universe
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy multiverse
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse restricted universe main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.
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Hi, and welcome to the forums!

Is it this one?

yad/jammy 0.40.0-1build1 amd64
tool for creating graphical dialogs from shell scripts

If not, a little more detail about it might help finding it.

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Yes that seems to be it. Why is apt not finding it ?? The sources list is the original which the install created, I am running Zorin in a VM if that makes any difference.

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Immediately after I w rote the above I ran Zorin, did an apt update, and a search for yad...and this time it found it ! I was sure I did an apt update before my first search for yad but perhaps not. Apt tells me it had two updates but they are held, I guess for dependencies.

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Probably, but it's worth looking into it otherwise this message will keep popping up. Which two packages are held back?

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libnetplan0 and netplan.io

By the way I am not receiving email notifcations of replies. It is turned on AFAIK.

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You are correct, it's due to a conflict in dependencies. I just upgraded my machine as well and started seeing the same warning about packages being held back.

In this case, it seems that the available upgrade for libnetplan0 requires libc6 to be at version 2.37, while Zorin OS 17 only has 2.35. As it just so happens, libc6 is not a library that can be easily upgraded, so it's likely that we'll have to live with this warning for a while.

Although, rest assured, this isn't a problem. It's just the system telling you about packages that have upgrades, but can't be upgraded in order to preserve the balance of the dependency tree.

If you mean on the forum, I didn't even know that you could get emails send to you when people reply to your threads. Maybe one of the moderators can give better advice on this one.

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