Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > 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?
Have you read any of the below? /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/index-apt-get-intro.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/apt-and-install.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/info.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/intro.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/more.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/index.html /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-ps/apt-get-intro.ps /usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html -- "... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
