On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 08:31, Haines Brown wrote: > I installed debian from cdrom, but now want to use apt-get (actually, > aptitude) to get on-line packages. To do this I ran netselect-apt > woody in the /etc/apt directory, and as a result built a > /etc/apt/sources list that had a US and a non-US site uncommented. > > OK, so next I want to get the sudo package and run: > > # apt-get install sudo > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.br.debian.org > woody/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > ... [same for three directories in each of the two source sites > listed in sources list] > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Couldn't find package sudo > > I don't understand this. Apparently apt-get reads my sources.list, but > can't use it. Running apt-get update has the same result. I added > the following http subsection to /etc/apt.conf Acquire section to > enable internet sources: > > Acquire > { > Retries "0"; > // I added this next subsection: > http > { > Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";; > Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting > Timeout "120"; > Pipeline-Depth "5"; > > // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2 > No-Cache "false"; > Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files > No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives > }; > }; > > // Things that effect the APT dselect method > DSelect > { > Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never > }; > > > Where did I go wrong?
You have to update the local cache with what is available on the remote site... apt-get update apt-get install sudo Should really do: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade First and foremost...! -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry
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