I need to install "checkinstall" for Linux Debian etch, from backports, primarily on amd64 etch. To check viability, and modifying a recipe found for "sarge", I unsuccessfully tried with i386 by:
(1) Adding this line to my /etc/apt/sources.list file deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge") (2) Adding the following lines to my /etc/apt/apt-file.conf which should deactivate all packages from backports.org Package: * Pin: release a=etch-backports Pin-Priority: 200 i.e."apt-file.conf" in place of "preferences" and "etch" in place of "sarge"). I planned to continue with: (3) #apt-get -t etch-backports install checkinstall (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge"), though, a check showed failure of (1) and (2) above: apt-get update ended with: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_non-free_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. Commenting out "Pin-Priority: 200" in (2) above did not solve: apt-get update ended with: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary- i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/contrib/bina ry-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/non-free/bin ary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Reading package lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Thanks for indicating my mistake. francesco pietra ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
