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Re: New - Newbie apt-get question



On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:42:32AM -0700, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> O.K. so I'm trying to keep this thread alive :-).
> 
> When I run apt-get install kde, I keep getting messages that it fails to
> pull down some files and then it says:
> 
> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
> --fix-missing?
> 
> I have run apt-get update and it changes nothing.  I have looked through the
> man pages for apt-get and can find no reference to --fix-missing?  Any
> clues??

You must be missing it, because it's there. Use either man apt-get or
info apt-get and then type / (for search) and fix-missing.

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