This one time, at band camp, David Pastern said: > Hi guys, > > Me again! I'm having the usual problems upgrading (similar to what I had > with kde 3 update after Thomas Schoepfe had helped me set it all up) - that > is I keep getting a 400 error - bad request. Very annoying. My fix is to > remove all the .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives/partial (just in case they > are corrupted) and try the apt-get install for the package that failed. It > works 2nd time around (when it's the only thing i'm apt-get installing). > After that I then try the apt-get install gnome2 gdm2 and the bloody bastard > of a thing does it to me again...another package (one that d/l fine the > previous time) decides to fail. This means i'm constantly d/l packages (the > same ones that i'd previously d/l) and i'm getting annoyed! Why does it > does this? Is it a failing of apt-get? I mean the damn thing grabs them > 2nd time around, so why not the first time? It's only one package that > fails in the first case and it's very frustrating. There's nothing wrong > with my connection to the net - at all. Is apt just being stubborn or am I > just plain unlucky? Can I move the .deb packages in the partial directory > to the archives directory? Or is nthat not wise??? I could be at this all > nite, with a huge d/l...any suggestions would be most welcome! > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave Packages may have moved around - try `apt-get update` first so that you'll get what's actually there. HTH, Steve -- "...a most excellent barbarian ... Genghis Kahn!" -- _Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure_
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