Re: apt-get problems
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:06:52PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote:
> Has something happened to some of the mirrors?
>
> I have this for my /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> # Germany
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64 sid main
> deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64 sid main
>
> and I'm getting
>
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
> 404 Not Found
> Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Release
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Sources
> 404 Not Found
> Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Release
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
> 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64/dists/sid/main/source/Sources.gz
> 404 Not Found
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main
> Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian-amd64_pure64_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_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.
>
> when I try to use apt-get update.
>
> The thing is ..... I now have quite a few packages on my system which have
> gone out-of-date. Where is a good UK or European mirror to get them from?
The archives moved from alioth to amd64.debian.net and if you go there
there is a file with a list of mirrors you can look at.
Len Sorensen
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