Every step toward getting packages installation to work has been like pulling teeth. Please be patient.
I want my /etc/apt/sources.list to support the installation of testing packages, and so I appended the line: deb http://ftp.debian.org testing main But when I run "# aptitude update" with it, I get this error: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages </var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary_i386_Packages> (2 No such file or directory) I tried these addresses as well: deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://debian.teleglobe.net/non-US/ testing/non-US main I discovered that my adding a URI for testing packages to /etc/apt/sources.list and then running "# aptitude update" had no effect on the files listed in in /var/lib/apt/lists. Should it? That is, after running "#aptitude update", should a new line appear like the one that the Warning above reports not finding? This happened to me before when I needed to register the location of a local repository of deb files on my machine. For a long while, I got the same warning when I ran "#aptitude update", that it couldn't stat the URI. After a while, it mysteriously popped up in /var/lib/apt/lists ("_storage_debs_Packages") and my problem ceased. How do I force apt to register the testing address in /var/lib/apt/lists? Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
