Yes, but the error message was about that apt's data files contradicted to stuff you had in your sources list.
When you corrected the nsswitch.conf, the update could be performed and the problem was gone. Regards, Jussi David Hazel wrote: > In fact, the problem was with the hosts line of my nsswitch.conf file. When > I corrected that, the problems went away. > > There is a hint about this in some of the stuff that appears on the screen > while running one of the Maemo installation steps (I can't remember which > step). However, it's easy to miss that because it scrolls up the screen and > almost disappears off the top. It would be nice if it was mentioned in > INSTALL.txt, which claims to be up-to-date and complete. > > > David Hazel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jussi Hakala > Sent: 27 July 2007 15:10 > To: maemo-developers@maemo.org > Subject: Re: Errors while installing Maemo3.1 on Debian Linux > > > Try apt-get update before installing. > > Regards, > > Jussi > > ext David Hazel wrote: >> I'm trying to install the Maemo 3.1 SDK on Scratchbox under Debian >> Linux, and I am getting errors at step 3.3 in the installation guide: >> >> [sbox-SDK_X86: ~] > fakeroot apt-get install maemo-explicit >> >> (lots of stuff that seems to have worked, then:) >> >> Setting up maemo-explicit (3.0) ... >> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org >> bora/free Packages >> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_bora_free_binary-i386_Package > s) - stat (2 No such file or directory) >> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org >> bora/non-free Packages >> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_bora_non-free_binary-i386_Pac > kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) >> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems >> >> >> The above happens for both SDK_X86 and SDK_ARMEL. In both cases, my >> sources.list contain the following: >> >> deb http://repository.maemo.org/ bora free non-free >> deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ bora free >> deb file:/home/david/maemo-sdk-nokia-binaries_3.1 bora explicit >> >> Can anyone suggest why the error is occurring, and what I need to do to >> correct it? Is there perhaps something wrong with the placement of the >> files on the repository.maemo.org site? This certainly seems to be what >> the installer is complaining about. (In fact, I had a similar problem >> when I was trying to install Scratchbox. I had to download the files to >> my local system manually, adjust their relative placement in relation to >> the Packages.gz file, and then install from my local path.) >> >> I don't know whether it is related, but I had problems with the download >> of the Maemo 3.1 files from the website. I was able to download the >> release notes and installation instructions, but my attempt to download >> the SDK installer script failed on my Debian Linux system. However, I >> was able to download the script from my Windows XP system. >> >> I'm fairly new to Linux development, although I do have lots of >> experience (about 24 years!) of software development on many operating >> systems. >> >> >> Regards, >> David Hazel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-developers mailing list >> maemo-developers@maemo.org >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
