I just tried to upgrade via apt-get, and while it did download the files, it didn't install them. A first `apt-get install' attempt gave me the following:
--------------------------------------------- Checking system integrity...ok Sorry, qt1g is already the newest version Sorry, giftrans is already the newest version Sorry, gimp-data-extras is already the newest version The following extra packages will be installed: zlib1g-dev libjpeg62-dev libpng2-dev The following packages will be REMOVED: libungif-bin wcsmbs-locale-ja libstdc++2.9-dev kterm libwcsmbs giflib3g timezones gimp checker The following NEW packages will be installed: freefont libgtk1.2 libglib1.2 gimp1.1 sharefont libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 libgimp1.1.10 libstdc++2.10 gimp1.1-nonfree giflib-bin libstdc++2.10-dev gconv-modules 25 packages upgraded, 12 newly installed, 8 to remove and 497 not upgraded. Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have unmet dependencies: giflib-bin: Depends:giflib3g Depends:giflib3g --------------------------------------------- After removing my request for the packages giflib-bin, giflib3g, ..., I got the following: --------------------------------------------- h0rus:/usr# apt-get install apt bash binutils cpp g++ gcc gconv-modules glibc-doc ldso libc6-dev libc6 libglib1.2 libncurses4-dev libncurses4 libreadlineg2 libstdc++2.10-dev libstdc++2.10 libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 libstdc++2.9 locales xlib6g aalib1 freefont giflib3g gimp1.1-nonfree gimp1.1 libgimp1.1.10 libgtk1.2 libjpeg62 libpng2 libtiff3g libungif3g sharefont zlib1g Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok The following extra packages will be installed: libungif-bin zlib1g-dev libjpeg62-dev libpng2-dev The following packages will be REMOVED: wcsmbs-locale-ja libstdc++2.9-dev kterm libwcsmbs giflib3g timezones gimp checker The following NEW packages will be installed: freefont libgtk1.2 libglib1.2 gimp1.1 sharefont libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 libgimp1.1.10 libstdc++2.10 gimp1.1-nonfree libstdc++2.10-dev gconv-modules 26 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 7 to remove and 497 not upgraded. Need to get 25.5M of archives. After unpacking 224k will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] --------------------------------------------- Fine, but during the download process I had a few problems: --------------------------------------------- Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main apt Error reading from server Remote end closed connection Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main libncurses4 Error reading from server Remote end closed connection Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main g++ Error reading from server Remote end closed connection Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main libncurses4-dev Error reading from server Remote end closed connection Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main glibc-doc Connection timed out Error http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main gimp1.1 Connection timed out --------------------------------------------- Which finally ended up with: --------------------------------------------- Fetched 16.0M in 1h30m34s (2940b/s) ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/apt_0.3.14.deb Incorrect MD5Sum ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/libncurses4_4.2-3.4.deb Incorrect MD5Sum ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/g++_2.95.2-3.deb Incorrect MD5Sum ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libncurses4-dev_4.2-3.4.deb Incorrect MD5Sum ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/doc/glibc-doc_2.1.2-10.deb Incorrect MD5Sum ERROR http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/graphics/gimp1.1_1.1.10-1.deb Incorrect MD5Sum --------------------------------------------- So, nothing was installed, though the packages are in: /var/cache/apt/archives/ and then some (partially?) downloaded packages in: /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ What's next? if I now run `apt-get install -d' for finishing downloading the (supposedly) partially downloaded packages, how do I get to install everything once I've got them all? TIA -- Horacio Anno MMDCCLII ad Urbe condita mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Spain ~Spanje ~ Spanien -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = F4EE AE5E 2F01 0DB3 62F2 A9F4 AD31 7093 4233 7AE6
