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Re: apt-get update and install query



Josh Robinson wrote:

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'

etc etc etc
<snip>

The address "marill.free.fr" is not a valid address, at least from your place - no "resolve" or from my location - I can't ping or host it.

--
Kent




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