On Thu, 4 May 2000, Steve Kennedy wrote:
> Hi. > > I included the following line in my /etc/apt/sources.list to download > some Japanese debs: > > deb www.jp.debian.org/debian-jp slink-jp main contrib non-free > > I was told (by the Japanese instructions I was following) to run the > following script before using apt-get: > > # export http_proxy=http://server:port? ^ Was the above included in a script (or a .bashrc file, maybe?) or a command? If it was in a script, then basically the script does nothing (that particular line, to be exact). > > When I tried apt-get update it returned: > > E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/hyyp could not be > found. > > Since then, I have not been able to use apt-get to update or upgrade > files. How can I fix this problem? Try: export http_proxy=http://server:port/ in a shell, and then run apt-get update in that shell. Oki
