Re: apt-get update gives failed to fetch error

[thierry <tchatelet@free.fr>]

Andrew Vaughan wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:55, Oz wrote:
>  
>
> > I just installed Debian from 
> > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/amd64/iso-c
> > d/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso  and now want to update the list of
> > packages because the image has only the basic set of packages. I edited
> > the /etc/apt/sources.list file  and here is what it looks like now:
> > -----------------------------------------------start------------- #deb
> > cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 Binary-1
> > (20051111)]/ etch contrib main
> >
> >  #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64
> > Binary-1 (20051111)]/ etch contrib main
> >    
>
> amd64 is not (yet) in the official archive.  
> http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html contains a list of mirrors.  
> (I'm assuming the page is current, I don't run amd64).
>  
>
> >  deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> >
> >  deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> >    
>
> Note above you installed Etch, which is the the version in 
> testing/development for the next stable release.  The current stable 
> release is Sarge.
>
> Googling for sarge install images I found this 
> https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html 
> page, which might be useful.  
>
> Andrew 
>
>
>  
It seems to me that both sarge and etch have problem with apt if you try 
to install a desktop system. Both give 'a lot' of unmet dependencies, 
for gnome and for kde mainly, and tell that apt is broken. As this 
already append in the past, I suggest you wait a day or two, usually 
things clear up.
Thierry