On Thursday 19 February 2004 10:21 am, Deboo wrote: > I'm using debian woody. After reading an article in LG on apt (Issue 86 - > Debian APT, part2), I wanted to try using some package from testing and I > did as per the artile, putting 2 new lines for testing and unstable in > sources.list. But after I apt-get update, at the end, I get this output: > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing magnus (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.iitm.ac.in_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Pack >ages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > I tried deleting this file and re-running apt-get update but still the > same. What am I doing wrong? The file seems to be fine if I open it with a > E: Error occured while processing magnus (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.iitm.ac.in_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Pack >ages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > I tried deleting this file and re-running apt-get update but still the > same. What am I doing wrong? The file seems to be fine if I open it with a > pager/editor. > > Regards, > Deboo
Create a file /etc/apt/apt.conf as root and insert the following: APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; Note: don't forget the ';' at the end. After creating this file, rerun apt-get update and hopefully things should now work. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
