Re: Apt-get problem

[Oki DZ <litbang@haltek.telkom.net.id>]

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Steve Kennedy wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I included the following line in my /etc/apt/sources.list to download
> some Japanese debs:
> 
>      deb www.jp.debian.org/debian-jp slink-jp main contrib non-free
> 
> I was told (by the Japanese instructions I was following) to run the
> following script before using apt-get:
> 
>      # export http_proxy=http://server:port?
       ^
Was the above included in a script (or a .bashrc file, maybe?) or a
command? If it was in a script, then basically the script does nothing
(that particular line, to be exact).
> 
> When I tried apt-get update it returned:
> 
>      E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/hyyp could not be
>      found.
> 
> Since then, I have not been able to use apt-get to update or upgrade
> files. How can I fix this problem?

Try:
export http_proxy=http://server:port/
in a shell, and then run apt-get update in that shell.

Oki