Re: Wheezy: "aptitude update" fails
On Mon, 21 May 2012 03:11:30 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:50:01AM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 May 2012 04:27:07 -0700, T Elcor wrote:
>> >
>> > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>> > old ones used instead.
>>
>> Clean your local apt cache:
>>
>> apt-get clean
>
> Unrelated.
Now we know where the problem was, yes, but not before.
And it's working fine now (at least for me), the OP should restore the
original sources.list and retry.
> The index files are stored under:
> /var/lib/apt/lists/
But apt was not complaining on the "local" index files...
> The command "apt-get clean" clears out files under:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/
>
> Just wiped out your downloaded files. :(
And that was exactly the point, removing the local cache of downloaded
deb files which could be bad or broken because of the presence of a proxy.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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