[Cialug]apt-get errors

Kevin C. Smith kevin at linuxsmith.com
Tue Feb 28 20:31:39 CST 2006


Just wait and try again later. It happens a few times a year.

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:34 -0500, Dan Hockey wrote:
> when using apt-get one I started getting the following errors
> 
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> Failed to access the Debian 
> archive                                                                                  
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> 
> While trying to access the debian archive using the information you 
> provided, the Debian package management tool,   
> apt, returned the following error. The questions will be asked 
> again.                                                                                                                                                                     
> 
> Failed to fetch 
> ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 
> Temporary failure          
> resolving 'ftp.us.debian.org' Failed to fetch 
> ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Release  
> Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.us.debian.org' W: Couldn't stat source 
> package list ftp://ftp.us.debian.org        
> stable/main Packages 
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> - stat (2    No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get 
> update to correct these problems E: Some index files       failed to 
> download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.    
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> It doesn't matter what source(http or ftp) I use, the result is the same.
> I found a similar problem on http://lists.debian.org but that hasn't 
> helped either.
> -dh                                         
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