Re: the below I have overcome the problem described below by repeating the process of making the GPG key known to apt-key as described in the CRAN/Linux/Debian page. So apparently the key got lost overnight. Is that normal? Ted.
On 06-Jun-10 14:41:36, Ted Harding wrote: > After I apparently achieved access to the Debian CRAN repositories > last night (appropriate line for /etc/apt/sources.list plus getting > the GPG key to work), today it seems to have gone belly-up again > (but in a somewhat different way). First, without changing settings, > I got rubbish (not preserved) from Synaptic Package Manager. So I > decided to make a fresh start with /etc/apt/sources.list > > I have adopted the suggested template > > deb http://<favorite-cran-mirror>/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/ > > and have substituted for "<favorite-cran-mirror>" one of the two UK > repositories, so I have a choice of two lines: > > [1]: > deb http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/ > [2]: > deb http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/ > > With either I get effectively the same response from Synaptic Package > Manager, namely for the first: > > An error occured > The following details are provided: > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk > lenny-cran/ Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.stats.bris.ac.uk_R_bin_linux_debian_lenny-cran_P > ac > kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > And for the second: > > An error occured > The following details are provided: > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk > lenny-cran/ Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk_bin_linux_debian_lenny-cran_P > ac > kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > Is there some error (invisible to me) in the above lines [1] & [2]? > Or what? > > Any help most gratefully received. I'm going round in circles on > this, despite attempts to follow instructions to the letter. > > Thanks, > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[email protected]> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 06-Jun-10 Time: 15:41:33 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[email protected]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 06-Jun-10 Time: 16:02:11 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
