> Yes, the old APT did not put an arch string and full version on the file > so it won't read a new apt cache. The best bet is to use APT to install > the new APT from slink, manually renaming the files if you have to and > then install the potato APT.
Okay, I tried this but got: # apt-get install apt Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok Sorry, apt is already the newest version I think the problem is that the version I installed was apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb whereas the slink version is "0.1.9". What should I do? My other question is: is there anything wrong with me manually deleting files from /var/cache/apt/archives that don't need to be there? Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. Cheers, Mark. _/~~~~~~~~\___/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ ____/~~\_____/~~\__/~~\__________________________Mark_Phillips____________ ____/~~\_____/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____/~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_____________________________________________ ____/~~\______/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"