RE: apt damaged need help to fix.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hunt [mailto:dan@hunt.ath.cx]
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:29 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: apt damaged need help to fix.
>
>
> Ever do something careless and not know how to fix it?
>
> Early this morning I purposely deleted the .deb files in
> /var/cache/apt/archives . Problem was I deleted the everything
> up to /var/cache/apt/
> ( Why? The old .deb files are not being deleted
> automatically so I was cleaning up, when I should have been making
> coffee. )
>
> When I run:
> dhunt:/home/dan# apt-get update
> E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.
> E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
> E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object ....
>
> If you know how I can get "apt-get" back I would appreciate a response
> to the list.
>
> Kind regards
> Dan
I would suggest that you use 'apt-get clean' or 'apt-get autoclean' to
remove packages from /var/cache/atp/archives.
-mk
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