raspbian wheezy: Package 'i2c-tools' has no installation candidate

Question

I just tried sudo apt-get install i2c-tools and got the following output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package i2c-tools is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'i2c-tools' has no installation candidate

Naturally, I tried sudo apt-get update and again attempted to install i2c-tools only to end up with the same result.

It seems like i2c-tools should still be available because

$ cat Downloads/Packages | grep i2c-tools
Package: i2c-tools
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_3.1.0-2_armhf.deb
Source: i2c-tools
Recommends: i2c-tools
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/libi2c-dev_3.1.0-2_all.deb
Suggests: fancontrol, sensord, read-edid, i2c-tools
Source: i2c-tools
Recommends: i2c-tools
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/python-smbus_3.1.0-2_armhf.deb

where Downloads/Packages is http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/wheezy/main/binary-armhf/Packages (see http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianFAQ#Do_you_have_a_list_of_all_the_packages_in_the_Raspbian_repository.3F)

Some quick Googling make me try this

$ apt-cache policy i2c-tools i2c-tools
i2c-tools:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
     3.1.1-1 0
        -10 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
        -10 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
     3.1.0-2 0
        -10 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages
        -10 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages
i2c-tools:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
     3.1.1-1 0
        -10 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
        -10 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
     3.1.0-2 0
        -10 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages
        -10 http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages

which also makes it seem like I should be able to install it.

edit: I'm not sure if this is helpful, but this is the version I'm running:

$ uname -a
Linux raspi 3.12.22+ #691 PREEMPT Wed Jun 18 18:29:58 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

@doh-nutz After trying sudo apt-get update, here's what I got:

$ apt-cache search i2c
pypy-smbus-cffi - This Python module allows SMBus access through the I2C /dev
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep "deb hxxp://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi"
deb hxxp://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi

(the hxxp was actually http, but I need 10+ rep to post more than two links)

Answer 1

$ sudo apt-get install -t wheezy i2c-tools

worked, and I have a feeling that

$ sudo apt-get install -t jessie i2c-tools

would have also worked. I guess apt-get was confused as to which Debian source I wanted to use, so it gave a somewhat unhelpful error message.

(Credit goes to http://somewideopenspace.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/gcc-4-8-on-raspberry-pi-wheezy/ for suggesting to me what to do.)

Answer 2

Have you tried this (after sudo apt-get update):

apt-cache search i2c

For me the output is (among others):

i2c-tools - heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux

In my /etc/apt/sources.list, i have the following line (maybe you're missing some of the options like contrib or non-free):

deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi