Re: apt-get update doesn't work?
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:33:04PM -0700, RevSlowmo wrote:
> Miles Bader wrote:
> > When I do "sudo apt-get update", I get the following errors:
> >
> > $ LANG=C sudo apt-get update
> > Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B]
> > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release
> > Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages [3166kB]
> > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> > Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages [65.7kB]
> > Fetched 3B in 5s (1B/s)
> > Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 MD5Sum mismatch
> > Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 MD5Sum mismatch
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_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.
> >
> > My /etc/apt/sources.list file is:
> >
> > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
How long did the problem start? I just did an update using the same
mirror with no problems.
> I might be wrong but I think non-free is not needed anymore, also try a
> different mirror. Or just wait I bet the error will go away.
I believe you're confusing non-free with non-us -- there are definately
packages in non-free in unstable.
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