[Cialug]apt-get errors

[Barry Von Ahsen]

or switch to or add a more local mirror

I have good luck and good speed from debian.uchicago.edu

you can run apt-setup to add a new source, and if one is down it will 
try the next

-barry


Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> 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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