On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:18:20 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SN> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:56:14AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: SN> > Hi, SN> > SN> > I'm working with apt and have a few queries: SN> > SN> > 1. I've copied the first 3 woody disks on my hard disk in SN> > /var/cache/apt/cds/[123]. SN> > SN> > I want apt to recognize these sources as the primary installation SN> > sources. I made changes in /etc/apt/sources.list, saying: SN> > SN> > deb file:/var/cache/apt/cds/1/cdrom/dists potato unstable contrib main SN> > non-US/contrib non-US/main SN> > SN> > deb file:/var/cache/apt/cds/2/cdrom/dists potato unstable contrib main SN> > non-US/contrib non-US/main SN> > SN> > deb file:/var/cache/apt/cds/3/cdrom/dists potato unstable contrib main SN> > non-US/contrib non-US/main SN> > SN> > this, however, doesn't work... it gives lots of error messages while SN> > installing anything, couldn't stat, etc.. SN> > SN> > how to configure it? SN> > SN> SN> SN> The error messages can help to figure out what is missing. Can you quote SN> them here?
The error messages are: Err file: potato/unstable Packages File not found Ign file: potato/unstable Release Err file: potato/contrib Packages File not found Failed to fetch file:/var/cache/apt/cds/1/cdrom/dists/dists/potato/unstable/binary-i386/Pack ages File not found Failed to fetch file:/var/cache/apt/cds/1/cdrom/dists/dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386/Packa ges File not found W: Couldn't stat source package list file: potato/non-US/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_var_cache_apt_cds_3_cdrom_dists_dists_potato_non-US_mai n_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. each of these 3 classes of errors were repeated many times. SN> > 2. I want to install kde-3.0.4, or whichever >3 version is available. SN> > how do I go about doing this? I just have an entry for SN> > security.debian.org in my sources.list. do I have to add more? SN> > SN> > SN> SN> SN> As far as I know, kde > 3 has nothing to do with security.debian.org. SN> You will need to get some apt repository of that version of kde. Try to SN> look in old messages for the few debian developers who put some SN> unofficial repositories in their home page or look in the web for others SN> who put such repositories. yes; the security.debian.org was added later on, after installation. I just wanted a http:// or ftp:// reference to kde... On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:20:42 +1030 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TC> Yah, I thought kde3 was only in unstable at present, but I can't even TC> find it there at the moment. In fact I can't find an apt-gettable TC> archive anywhere, but there is an almost apt-gettable archive at: TC> TC> http://ftp.du.se/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/latest/Debian/woody/ thanks; but I still haven't figured out what to write in the sources.list file... could you pls tell me? also, after doing that, I guess I'll have to run apt-get update. After that, what do I actually do to get kde-3.0.4? Simply apt-get install kde-3.0.4, or is it something else? The webpage README mentioned about updating qt3 first... how? thanks, Amit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
