Did you try installing the deb file manually with sudo dpkg -i <filename>
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:17, William Kolean wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:31 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > >> Do you have unstable turned on? > >> > >> Also, there is a binary release out, so you should be able to try an > >> 'apt-get update' > > > > Its in stable, unstable, and binary. No packages are ever available as > > a binary that aren't in stable. > > > > -Ben > > This what I get running apt-get: > > sudo apt-get install system-xfree86=4.2-3 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > system-xfree86 > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 4 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/2278B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Err file: stable/main system-xfree86 4.2-3 > File not found > Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/current/main system-xfree86 4.2-3 > [2278B] > Fetched 2280B in 0s (3864B/s) > Failed to fetch > http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download/dists/fink-0.5.0a-updates/ > main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system-xfree86_4.2-3_darwin-powerpc.d > eb Size mismatch > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? > > > I tried downloading the file myself and then moving it to the > stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system directory, but then I get this: > > sudo apt-get install system-xfree86=4.2-3 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > system-xfree86 > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 4 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/2278B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Failed to fetch > file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//x11-system/system-xfr > ee86_4.2-3_darwin-powerpc.deb Size mismatch > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? > > > --fix-missing doesn't work with apt-get or fink so I'm off to the web site > to figure out how to use --fix-missing > > > William > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
