Re: apt-get update help

[Kent West <kent.west@infotech.acu.edu>]

At 09:20 AM 3/10/1999 -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 08:57:58AM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
>> When I try to do an "apt-get update," I get the following errors:
>> 
>> Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
>> 0%  [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org' 0]http: Bad header
>> line
>> Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
>> 
>> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>> 0%  [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0]
>> [Cmp:Packagh
>> ttp: Bad header line
>> Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
>> 0%  [Packages `Connecting to http.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0]
>> [Cmp:Packag
>> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>> http: Bad header line
>> 
>> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>> ERROR
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages
>> .gz
>>   Bad return code from subprocess
>> ERROR
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
>>   Bad return code from subprocess
>> ERROR
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Package
>> s.gz
>>   Bad return code from subprocess
>
>I thought maybe it was a problem with my /etc/sources.list file.  I
>tried changing to a different site, but that didn't help.  Here is my
>/etc/sources.list file, and following that, my apt-get update errors.
>
># begin /etc/sources.list
># Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
># your mirror contains.
># deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
># See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
># Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
>deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian main contrib non-free
># end of /etc/sources.list

I think you want this last line to be "deb ftp://"; instead of "deb http://";.