Re: I broke apt-get
Just a shot in the dark, but you could go to www.debian.org and download the
.deb for apt and install it on your system with dpkg.
Salman Ahmed wrote:
>
> Now I've done it. I deleted some files from /var/state/apt/lists/
> in the hopes of solving my earlier problem and now apt-get is
> totally hosed :
>
> @phoenix:[/root] apt-get update
> Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Err http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Err http://http.us.debian.org dists/proposed-updates/ Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_proposed-updates_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release
> Ign http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org dists/proposed-updates/ Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release
> Err http://www.netgod.net x/ Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/www.netgod.net_x_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
> Ign http://www.netgod.net x/ Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Sources
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
> Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources
> Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/partial/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
> E: Unable to read /var/state/apt/lists/partial/ - opendir (2 No such file or directory)
> Exit 100
>
> Can this be fixed without having to reinstall Debian ?
> (yes I know it was a bad idea to delete those files from /var/!!)
>
> --
> Salman Ahmed
> ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
>
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