On Thu 25 May 2017 at 23:08:56 (-0600), Robert F. Crochelt wrote: > Hi: > > sudo apt-get install xz-utils fails with error message: > > bob@iMac:~$ sudo apt-get install xz-utils > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > xz-utils > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. > Need to get 221 kB of archives. > After this operation, 483 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Err http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/ jessie/main xz-utils amd64 > 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3 > 404 Not Found > E: Failed to fetch > http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb > 404 Not Found > > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? > > I've installed numerous other packages with apt-get on this Intel iMac, > running jessie, without problems. Internet connection is OK. I ran apt-get > upgrade and ran with --fix-missing with no change. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
$ wget http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb --2017-05-26 00:42:57-- http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb Resolving ftp.utexas.edu (ftp.utexas.edu)... 146.6.54.21 Connecting to ftp.utexas.edu (ftp.utexas.edu)|146.6.54.21|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2017-05-26 00:42:57 ERROR 404: Not Found. $ wg http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb --2017-05-26 00:43:35-- http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb Resolving ftp.us.debian.org (ftp.us.debian.org)... 128.30.2.26, 128.61.240.89, 208.80.154.15, ... Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org (ftp.us.debian.org)|128.30.2.26|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 220548 (215K) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ‘xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb’ xz-utils_5.1.1alpha 100%[=====================>] 215.38K 790KB/s in 0.3s 2017-05-26 00:43:36 (790 KB/s) - ‘xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3_amd64.deb’ saved [220548/220548] Try a different mirror? Cheers, David.
