Debian packages dependencies problems
I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1 for Ultra SPARC 5.
It all started when i tried to install Bochs.
I wanted the latest version, 2.6.6-2, but the one available from the stable package repositors is 2.1.1.
When i tried to update my
sources.list config file, using apt-setup (or with aptitude or apt-cache gencaches) it complains about not being able to connect to the site:
ERROR MSG FOR apt-setup:
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Err http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages
404 Not Found
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But the URL
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/ exists.
ERROR MSG FOR apt-cache gencaches:
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W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-sparc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-sparc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_binary-sparc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
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Some lines of my sources.list:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main # this one works fine
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/
testing main contrib non-free # apt-setup complains/errors about this one unless i comment it
I tried to search and download the packages from debian website and then install them manually with dpkg...
But after doing this for about 7 packages it printed another 5 or so dependencies and i gave up...
This manual work leads to nowhere.
What i would like to know is how do i solve the apt-setup problem....
What's wrong with my source.list config for the "testing" distro?
AND/OR
Is there any recursive flag for dpkg or similar tool.
Something like: <tool> <flags> bochs-2.6.6-2.deb
And it would download and solve dependencies automatically.
Thanks for any help.
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