On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> Paul Stuffins wrote: > > I am a long time CentOS user, and have decided, after several months of > > consideration, to move my hosting from CentOS to Debian. > > Welcome! > > > root@hydrogen:~# apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 > > ... > > Err http://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 > > 1.3.9+dfsg-3 > > 404 Not Found [IP: 130.89.149.226 80] > > ... > > My question is this, is there something I am not doing to make sure that > > apt-get is trying to install the correct versions of software? > > Yes. You need to refresh the package index list. Do this first. > Then run your install command again. > > # apt-get update > > This is only needed when repository packages change, such as for > security upgrades. Therefore as an optimization it is only done upon > your command. I run an update before starting a series of installs or > upgrades or whatever. But I don't need to do it every time I do it. > > With CentOS my experience is limited but as far as I can see yum runs > the equivalent package index update every time you run any yum > command. At least it seems that way to me when I have used it. But > that can be quite slow. The advantage to apt here is that you don't > have to wait for it when it is up to date. The disadvantage is that > you need to know and to do it manually when needed. > > Bob > That is excellent, thanks Bob. I used to be quite a fan of CentOS, but over the past year or so I have noticed the support quality has dropped quite alot, and the recent process of getting CentOS 6 out was a nightmare. --Paul
