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apt-get update and install query



dear all,

i'm relatively new to Debian, and not particularly familiar with it.

when i try to install a program (e.g. shockwave) using apt-get install i
end up with the error message below

W: Couldn't stat source package list http://marill.free.fr unstable/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/marill.free.fr_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Couldn't find package shockwave

and then, on running apt-get update, the following comes up:

Failed to fetch
http://marill.free.fr/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Could
not resolve 'marill.free.fr'
Failed to fetch
http://marill.free.fr/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Release  Could not
resolve 'marill.free.fr'
Reading Package Lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://marill.free.fr unstable/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/marill.free.fr_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.

which seems, from the penultimate line, to be a self-perpetuating
situation.

could anyone please explain what's going on and how i can fix it?!

thanks,

josh robinson

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