Re: Data for stable vs. sarge

[Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net>]

michael@etalon.net wrote:

> Quoting Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net>:
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Here are the data for stable vs. sarge after I changed "stable" to 
> > "sarge" in my sources:
> >
> > sher@localhost:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> > #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
> >
> > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sarge main
> > deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sarge main
> >
> > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
> > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
> > sher@localhost:~$
> >
> >
> > From Synaptic:
> >
> > The following problems were found on your system:
> >
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://debian.uchicago.edu 
> > sarge/main Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.uchicago.edu_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.debian.org sarge/main 
> > Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org 
> > sarge/updates/main Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://debian.uchicago.edu 
> > sarge/main Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.uchicago.edu_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.debian.org sarge/main 
> > Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org 
> > sarge/updates/main Packages 
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) 
> > - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>
>
> I get the same errors if I don't run
> # apt-get update
> before I run apt-get install mplayer
>
> I'm not sure if this is the case for you or not.
> Did your run apt-get update after editing sources.list?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
Dear Mike:

All my thanks!

That's what I forgot to do, to update apt-get. Here is the output. No 
more errors!

sher@localhost:~$ su
Password:
localhost:/home/sher# apt-get update
Hit ftp://ftp.nerim.net stable/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.nerim.net stable/main Release
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu stable/main Packages
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu stable/main Release
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu stable/main Sources
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu stable/main Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Reading Package Lists... Done
localhost:/home/sher#