I just have a question about apt-get update. When I run the command I get mostly this output:
Get:1 ftp://metalab.unc.edu unstable/main Packages Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release This I believe is good, right? but then the output changes to mostly this: Get:14 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages [73.1kB] Get:15 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release [85B] Get:16 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages [68.1kB] Get:17 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [86B] Get:18 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Sources [1337kB] Get:19 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Release [84B] Get:20 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources [32.0kB] Still good, right? but then every time at the end of the output I get this: Get:23 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [88B] Fetched 9479kB in 6m18s (25.1kB/s) Failed to fetch ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said '/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory ' Reading Package Lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. This is bad, right? Basically, I just want to know if I need to change something with apt-get and if I do, what do I need to change? Otherwise, is it nothing and apt-get update is running fine and that's what's suppose to happen. Also, if anyone would like to give me a basic understanding of what's happening when I run 'apt-get update'. I understand that it's updating where it's pulling it's resources from, but what's it doing when I get the the 'hit' output as compared to the 'get' output and why does it seem that I continue to get the same output each time I run the command? thanks JB .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
