On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette <r...@tristatelogic.com>wrote:
> > > I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that > reside in a package called "bsdutils". I have built and installed > the "apt-get" program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things > are going very badly indeed. > > Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here? The errors I am > getting are shown below, and here are the current contents of my > /usr/local/etc/apt/sources.list file: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy > # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs > # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted contrib > non-free > > # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted > contrib non-free > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Here's what happens when I try to fetch the sources: > > > % apt-get source bsdutils > Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 100%Reading package > lists... Done > Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building > dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency > tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/main Packages > (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/restricted Packages > (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_restricted_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/contrib Packages > (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_contrib_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list > http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/non-free Packages > (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_non-free_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Could not open file > /var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_source_Sources > - open (2 No such file or directory) > I am going to take a stab in the dark here and suggest that some sort of db needs to be built for apt ... clues in the part /var/db...... (man apt-get?) Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, but what's worse is when you play it forward.... ...it installs Windows 2000 -- Alfred Perlstein on chat at freebsd.org <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
