I have a similar problem in 1.9.33ubuntu1. I have no idea why I get the errors about not being able to find the packages files list as I can happily install new and packages.
$ sudo apt-proxy-import -v /var/cache/apt/archives WARNING: apt-proxy has not been tested under this version of twisted (2.2.0). WARNING: although it should work without problem. 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] Log opened. 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] verbose 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [import] Importing packages from directory: /var/cache/apt/archives 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for apt-proxy backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for ubuntu-security backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for ubuntu backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for wine backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for apt-proxy backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for ubuntu-security backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for ubuntu backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [apt_pkg] No Packages files available for wine backend 2006/04/30 12:30 EST [-] [import] ubuntu-minimal_0.111_i386.deb skipped - no suitable backend found -- apt-proxy-import says "no suitable backend found" https://launchpad.net/bugs/4844 -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
