On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 08:57:58AM -0600, Matt Garman wrote: > When I try to do an "apt-get update," I get the following errors: > > Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages > 0% [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org' 0]http: Bad header > line > Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > 0% [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0] > [Cmp:Packagh > ttp: Bad header line > Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages > 0% [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0] > [Cmp:Packag > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > http: Bad header line > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > ERROR > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages > .gz > Bad return code from subprocess > ERROR > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > Bad return code from subprocess > ERROR > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Package > s.gz > Bad return code from subprocess
I thought maybe it was a problem with my /etc/sources.list file. I tried changing to a different site, but that didn't help. Here is my /etc/sources.list file, and following that, my apt-get update errors. # begin /etc/sources.list # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits # your mirror contains. # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian main contrib non-free # end of /etc/sources.list Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org main/contrib Packages 0% [Packages `Waiting for file' 0]http: Bad header line Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org main/non-free Packages 0% [Packages `Connecting to ftp1.us.debian.org (208.146.80.105)' 0] [Cmp:Packa gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file 0% [Packages `Waiting for file' 0]http: Bad header line gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file ERROR http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/dists/main/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.g z Bad return code from subprocess ERROR http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/dists/main/non-free/binary-i386/Packages. gz Bad return code from subprocess Doh! -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou, Lord, them delta women think the world of me." -- Dickey Betts, "Ramblin' Man"