I could be wrong here but I believe apt-get jusy uses http or ftp, ports 80 and 21. On most firewalls if you initiate an outbound connection you don't have to worry about it. It is possible that your mirror is down and you have to choose another one. Good Luck Dovber Shapiro
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:37:15 -0700 Christian Seberino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I'm stuck because lots of packages did not get installed > successfully (lots of '404' error messages during download) > and I don't know the NAMES of packages in order > to be able to apt-get them myself!!!! > > I wonder if my firewall is the reason for the trouble. Anyone > know what ports needs to be open for apt-get to download packages? > > Chris > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
