On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 11:54:44AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:20:26PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > Okee, I think this has top do with you not being on-line whilst doing this:) > Go have a look at /etc/apt/sources.list. This is a list of places where apt > will look for package files and package lists. You'll find there some lines > describing your cd's (deb cdrom:...) and the standard lines describing where > to go on the internet for packages (deb http:...). Uncomment the latter ones > and you should be fine. > > NEW: Thank you I tried. Now when I try to apt-get update, error message is: > > "E: Malformed line 1 in source list" > > Took another look at sources.list: It reads: > > "Deb file://mnt/debian/dists/stable/ " I don't know what is wrong with > this, > as I can migrate to there on the cdrom and find the Contents-i386.gz file
there should be no "deb file..." line there, but only "deb cdrom:..." lines. Probably a left-over from you trying with dselect's-Access menu earlier on. Try to remove all lines but the "deb cdrom:..." lines, and then do the apt thingy: "apt-get update && apt-get install ...". Really hopes this will get you rolling. ... > And bytheway, it's better to keep such discussions on the list, as then you > would benifit from the combined knowledge, not only to anwser your questions > but also to correct my anwsers:) > > Thanks for the clue. Apparently my e-mail system does not do that > automatically, > but I will try manually. Thanks again, dave it worked this time:) oh, and could you try to get your mailer to quote properly, i.e. to add ">" before all lines of the original post like mine does. Otherwise it's impossible to see what you wrote or what I wrote. -- groetjes, carel
