Your sources.list must not be correct then, or something is fubared somewhere.
Try this... rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* then make SURE /etc/apt/sources.list is correct. Then update the package list, and try and get dpkg first, then apt. That should work. Let us all know the result. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Thain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: upgrading just one "stable" package to "testing" version > > On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 05:17 AM, Jason Lim wrote: > > > > > > >> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 21:11:20 +1100, Toby Thain wrote: > >>> spaz:~# apt-get update > >> > >>> spaz:~# apt-get install apt > >>> Reading Package Lists... Done > >>> Building Dependency Tree... Done > >>> Sorry, apt is already the newest version > >>> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not > > upgraded. > >> > >> That's strange. Stable has apt 0.3.19; testing has apt 0.5.4. This > > should > >> have worked. Perhaps apt is among the "5 not upgrade" packages, for > >> some > >> reason? You could work around this by installing the new apt (and its > >> dependencies) through "dpkg". > >> > > > > There is a simple way... do apt-get -v > > > > What is the output? What version does it report? > > spaz:~# apt-get -v > apt 0.3.19 for i386 compiled on May 12 2000 21:17:27 > spaz:~# > > > > > > Then we'll know all. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
