On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 01:04:40PM -0700, Virendra Rode wrote: > I'm trying to install mysql-server-4.1 on sarge (2.6.8-2-686), and I > keep getting following errors. (...snip...) > Get:5 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main mysql-server-4.1 4.1.10-1 [14.5MB] > Err ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main mysql-server-4.1 4.1.10-1 > Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' [IP: > 208.185.25.35 21] > Failed to fetch (...snip...) > Why is it unable to fetch/open file? When I manually try to download that file (with wget) I also get an error. I think the problem is that your list of packages is outdated. The current version for mysql-server4.1 is not the 4.1.10-1 that you are trying to download, but 4.1.11-1. So first update your cache and then try again: # apt-get update # apt-get install mysql-server-4.1 > My current sources.list points to: > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main > deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main Please see if there is a mirror in your area that you can use instead. It helps to keep the load off of the main debian server: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list > On further digging I also found following locked files, see below. How > do you delete these lock files? Could this be interfering with apt-get > install? > > /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/mysql-server_4.0.23-7_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/mysql-server-4.1_4.1.10-1_i386.deb I assume these are files that have been partially downloaded already. I can't imagine that it would do any harm if these files stayed there. I also can't imagine that it would do any harm if you remove these files. I suggest you move these files to another directory and put them back if anything goes wrong. HTH, -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] Public GnuPG key: keyserver.net ID 0x1735C5C2 "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill
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