On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 08:19 PM, Jason Lim wrote:
> Your sources.list must not be correct then, or something is fubared > somewhere. > > Try this... > > rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* There is no /var/lib/apt/lists/ directory. > > then make SURE /etc/apt/sources.list is correct. the only non-comment lines are: deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > > Then update the package list, and try and get dpkg first, then apt. > > That should work. Let us all know the result. spaz:/etc/apt# ls -ld /var/lib/apt/lists/ ls: /var/lib/apt/lists/: No such file or directory spaz:/etc/apt# apt-get update Get:1 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages [91.9kB] Get:2 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release [88B] Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages Get:3 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release [91B] Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages Get:4 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release [92B] Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release Fetched 92.1kB in 7s (13.0kB/s) Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done spaz:/etc/apt# apt-get install dpkg Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, dpkg is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. spaz:/etc/apt# 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. spaz:/etc/apt# cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=stable spaz:/etc/apt# > > > > ----- 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] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
