On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 20:17 +1200, Bernard wrote: > This is what happens > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install alien > Password: > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/restricted Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/universe Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_universe_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/multiverse Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/free Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_free_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org > breezy/non-free Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.sourceforge.net binary/ > Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.sourceforge.net_apt_binary_Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.sourceforge.net binary/ > Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.sourceforge.net_apt_binary_Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Couldn't find package alien > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > It looks to my very untrained eye that somehow your system is looking for alien on servers where I wouldn't expect to find it.
Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager (it'll ask for your password), then in Synaptic, go to Settings > Repositories. You should get a medium-sized window popping up called "Software Preferences" with a heading "Software Sources". Inside that window, you'll see a scrollable list of headings like 'Ubuntu 5.10 "BreezyBadger" (Source)'. If you click on any one of those headings and then click on Edit, you'll get another window called "Edit Repository". There, the URI should read http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu If you write down (not sure how to copy and paste here) what the URI already says, then change it to what I've just given you above, repeat all this for each of the headings in that scrolling list, then click OK, your system should be pointed toward the right server(s). If you then click Reload (near the top of the Synaptic Package Manager window), Synaptic will update itself with whatever the latest contents of the repositories are. Then you can either exit Synaptic and use the apt-get command from a terminal window, or use Synaptic itself to download and install alien. See how you go. =====Andrew
