# Inky pHat issue

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890 "2019-07-08T04:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![wisptec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/wisptec/32/5593_2.png) [@wisptec](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/wisptec)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/1 "2019-07-08T04:57:57Z")

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This is the error I get when i try to install the pHat curl bash script. Please help it wont load and its a fresh new raspbian image

Eli

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/2 "2019-07-08T08:20:42Z")

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This is strange, it looks like your `apt` is broken in some way.

What installers did you run prior to trying to install Inky?  
What happens if you run `sudo apt update` in isolation?  
Can you post the output of `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list`?

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/3 "2019-07-08T08:43:19Z")

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Is that maybe a “Buster” related issue Phil?  
I’m getting the feeling Buster wasn’t really ready for prime time but was released anyway so they could launch the new Pi 4? There are always niggles, just seems to be a lot of them this time around.

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/4 "2019-07-08T17:03:40Z")

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Actually I’ve just run into this exact same prompt when installing something on my own Pi.

It looks like `apt` explicitly requires you to agree (Y/N) to the switch from “testing” to “stable”, but this prompt gets ignored by the installer, so it fails.

Just running:

```auto
sudo apt update

```

Should give the prompt, and all future installs should proceed as normal.

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/5 "2019-07-08T19:07:09Z")

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Nice catch Phil. Thumbs up.

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**Author:** ![wisptec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/wisptec/32/5593_2.png) [@wisptec](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/wisptec)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/6 "2019-07-08T23:17:53Z")

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Thank you! I had to run

```auto
sudo apt update

```

twice for some reason to get the prompt.

Tried to run the script again got further but still the pHat won’t work.

So I then ran

```auto
sudo apt upgrade

```

```auto
sudo apt-get update

```

```auto
sudo apt-get upgrade

```

```auto
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rpi.gpio

```

Then I turned on both spi and i2c and it works!

Thank you again for your help!

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**Author:** ![Davearrrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Davearrrrr](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Davearrrrr)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/7 "2020-04-09T16:17:54Z")

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Oof. This does not seem to be a great solution.

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/8 "2020-04-09T18:43:03Z")

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I do believe it is a non issue now. Raspbian Buster was released before the official Release of Debian Buster. It was still in a prerelease mode. Then switched to official release. Not the exact terms but something like that. Anybody installing Buster (current image) now won’t run into the apt apt-get issue.

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**Author:** ![wisptec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/wisptec/32/5593_2.png) [@wisptec](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/wisptec)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-issue/10890/9 "2020-04-09T19:04:05Z")

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Correct its no longer an issue
