Re: Source list help
Haines Brown wrote: Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ^^^ deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ^ ^ I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) ... Haynes, you have the answer right in front of you - you made a mistake in the line you wrotte in your sources.list . I think it's better to select the lines indicated above, copy them and paste them in you souces.list file .That way you won't make a mistake . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: Network error?? Server down? I use more then one server for each dist for just that reason. -- Windows is NOT a virus. Viruses DO something. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
From: John Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ^^^ deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ^ ^ Haynes, you have the answer right in front of you - you made a mistake in the line you wrotte in your sources.list . I think it's better to select the lines indicated above, copy them and paste them in you souces.list file .That way you won't make a mistake . Well, I'm chagrined at having used an invalid example--the result of haste and frustration, no doubt. I'm sorry. However, this does not seem to be the problem. Let me illustrate: I paste the first line above into my sources.list. Here I paste it back into this message from my sources.list as a double check: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free So, that is _exactly_ what is in my /etc/apt/sources.list, following the lines for stable and local archives. I then run aptitude update and, get the following return (again, copied and pasted): # sudo aptitude update ... Reading extended state information... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files When I remove the offending line, aptitude update does what it is suppsed to, visits the sites and reports the hits. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
From: Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: Network error?? Server down? I use more then one server for each dist for just that reason. Possibly, but to check, I modify the URL that always works for me (http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian) by changing its distribution from woody to unstable (checked to make sure the site does archive this distribution), and it still generates the error. And I go back and forth with several tries. So it seems that it's not network error or server down. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: From: Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: Network error?? Server down? I use more then one server for each dist for just that reason. Possibly, but to check, I modify the URL that always works for me (http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian) by changing its distribution from woody to unstable (checked to make sure the site does archive this distribution), and it still generates the error. And I go back and forth with several tries. So it seems that it's not network error or server down. Well then, I don't know what the problem is. Just checked my sources.list and see that all entries using http.us.debian.org, have been commented out. So I checked www.debian.org/mirrors/mirrors_full.html and see this under its listing: [Quote on] Comment: Primary mirror cluster for the U.S., rotated via a DNS round-robin. Don't mirror from this round-robin, pick one of the servers that's best for you and mirror specifically from that one. [Quote off] So maybe thats why I have it commented out. Can't remember as that may have been many, many moons ago. ;_) Don't see anythhing about ftp.br.debian.org/debian tho. Maybe they were updating themselves?? -- The Queue Principle: The longer you wait in line, the greater the likelihood that you are standing in the wrong line. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
From: Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Possibly, but to check, I modify the URL that always works for me (http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian) by changing its distribution from woody to unstable (checked to make sure the site does archive this distribution), and it still generates the error. And I go back and forth with several tries. So it seems that it's not network error or server down. Don't see anythhing about ftp.br.debian.org/debian tho. Maybe they were updating themselves?? Not likely. I use the URL regularly without difficulty, but when I try unstable or testing, it becomes invisible when I run aptitude update. I can go back and forth, installing a file from that site, never with any delay or difficulty, and when I switch to the testing or unstable, it always fails. I check the archive on line, and it does have those archives. I've been working on this on and off for a week, and so its not just an unusual glitch. Ive tried many URLs, but all won't stat with testing and unstable distributions. Thanks for your input. Hope some lurker might have some suggestion about what to check. Spent a good part of the morning going back over apt documentation, and there's nothing in it that seemed helpful. I don't see that /etc/apt/apt.conf needs editing, but maybe I'm wrong. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Thanks for your input. Hope some lurker might have some suggestion about what to check. Spent a good part of the morning going back over apt documentation, and there's nothing in it that seemed helpful. I don't see that /etc/apt/apt.conf needs editing, but maybe I'm wrong. all I do to prevent that is have 2-3 sites for each dist. That way if one or two are not there (for whatever reason) I get each dist anyway. I have seen the error you are getting but I don't care since I have a valid list from some other site. Takes longer to do the update but, to me, it's worth it. Wayne -- No matter how much data you add to your laptop, it will not get heavier. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
From: Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] all I do to prevent that is have 2-3 sites for each dist. That way if one or two are not there (for whatever reason) I get each dist anyway. I have seen the error you are getting but I don't care since I have a valid list from some other site. Takes longer to do the update but, to me, it's worth it. I tried several without luck. I understand your point about have one or two exta sites just to get through with one of them, but I've been playing with several this past week. I'll keep trying other URLs, but it seems odd that repeated attempts with a range of URLs that work for stable don't work for testing. Oh, well, I guess I just do more random testing to see if anything happens to work. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Source list help
Hello all: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. I'm sorry if this is kinda a dumb question, but I really don't know of any place. That is all, any help will be appreciated, have a nice day everyone, Didier. -- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-update check it out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ? -- Shaul Karl,shaulk @ actcom . net . il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ? Or you could find your best local mirror (or more then one-apt will use the best one) in the list : http://www.debian.org/mirror/list or here if you prefer: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list-non-US Then use the given examples and only change until the debian word - the rest should be the same. Then run apt-get update and then do what you want to do ( upgrade a package or the hole distro ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Thank you all for the help, very appreciated, have a nice day. Didier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Source list help
Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) ... Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
