Re: apt damaged need help to fix.
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Dan Hunt wrote:
> Ever do something careless and not know how to fix it?
>
> Early this morning I purposely deleted the .deb files in
> /var/cache/apt/archives . Problem was I deleted the everything
> up to /var/cache/apt/
> ( Why? The old .deb files are not being deleted
> automatically so I was cleaning up, when I should have been making
> coffee. )
>
> When I run:
> dhunt:/home/dan# apt-get update
> E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.
> E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
> E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object ....
>
> If you know how I can get "apt-get" back I would appreciate a response
> to the list.
<snip>
I'd try:
mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
chmod 755 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
chown root:root /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
that is what mine is.
-Kev
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