On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 03:17:24AM -0700, justsimplequestions wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install some new software as well as updating my > packages but apt-get install and apt-get update both fail. apt-get > update fails with: > > Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âsecurity.debian.orgâ > Err http://packages.dotdeb.org stable Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âpackages.dotdeb.orgâ > Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âftp.uk.debian.orgâ > Err http://download.webmin.com sarge Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âdownload.webmin.comâ > Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âftp.uk.debian.o > Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âsecurity.deb > Failed to fetch http://download.webmin.com/download/repository/dists/sarge/Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving comâ > Failed to fetch http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/stable/Release.gpg > Temporary failure resolving âpackages.dotdeb.or > Reading package lists... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.dotdeb.org > stable/ > all Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.dotble_all_binary- > i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > When I do a apt-get check, I get the following error: > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.dotdeb.org > stable/ > all Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ > packages.dotdeb.org_dists_stable_all_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 > No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > My /apt/sources.list file is as follows: > > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main > deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib > deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all > deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all > > I am able to ping external websites using both ip and name, The server great that you can ping external websites, but can you ping the debian servers? those are the ones that count here ;) Also there are some funky characters and missing characters in your apt output above. Is that transcription error? or something else? A
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