Charlie <aries...@ipstarmail.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 23:13:51 +0100 Brian sent: >> On Sun 05 Oct 2014 at 08:46:12 +1100, Charlie wrote:
>>> W: Failed to fetch >>> http://http.debian.net/jessie/dists/main/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 >>> Not Found >> Knowing what was in your sources.list would save having to guess what >> you have done incorrectly. > This is how it was, a single line in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > deb http://http.debian.net/jessie main non-free contrib > I think I read that that was the way it should be written, but as you > say, obviously incorrect. The correct line is: deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie main contrib non-free Your line is missing the "/debian " before "jessie". This is why apt-get tries to download nonsensical URLs. There are four parts to a line in sources list: type URL suite/release components... - Type is in most cases "deb" or "deb-src". - URL is the base-URL for the mirror, in most cases "http://hostname/debian";. - suite/release is something like "stable" or "testing" or "wheezy-backports" or "jessie" - componentens then are "main", "contrib" etc. Your line had the intended suite/release munged into the base-URL of the mirror. Thus apt parsed "main" as your wanted release and "non-free" and "contrib" as wanted componentens. This is of course incorrect and you got your 404 during "apt-get update". Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/7b1t5ngib...@mids.svenhartge.de
