Re: corrupted sources.list (file below)
My sources.list file is listed in its entirety below.
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> My version of debian 3.1 was downloaded via the net, and the original
> files, which contained the info for the sources.list file, have been lost.
> When I try to install package pkg with "apt-get install pkg" I get the
> following message:
>
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
> stable/updates/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
> stable/updates/non-free Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> E: Package pkg has no installation candidate
>
I have running apt-get update with zero results.
>
>
> In addition, I have a strange (to me) problem with my "man" bin file; it
> doesn't get and display the contents of manpages (though they exist in my
> /usr/share/man/man1-8/ folders). Is it possible that this man problem is
> related to the sources.list problem?
>
> Will appreciate any clear doc (or explanation) dealing with either or both
> of the above problem(s).
>
>
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especially
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
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