Re: Synaptic messed up
On Friday 27 June 2014 08:35:14 rob wrote:
> On 27/06/14 04:53, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > On 06/26/2014 08:56 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> >>> On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> >>>>> On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> >>>>>>> I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually
> >>>>>>> shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Error message:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch
> >>>>>>> ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/mai
> >>>>>>>n/source/Sources
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> , W:Failed to fetch
> >>>>>>> ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/con
> >>>>>>>trib/source/Sources
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
> >>>>>>> old ones used instead.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I opened synaptic and received the following:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> E: The value 'stable-updates' is invalid for APT::Default-Release
> >>>>>>> as such a release is not available in the sources
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
> >>>>
> >>>> I do not see "stable-updates" in here, but this is a back-up file from
> >>>> when the sources.list was last edited. It's still possible that it was
> >>>> edited and somewhere has "stable-updates" in it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tony
> >>>
> >>> How do I find out what is suppose to be there or how do I fix it? I
> >>> have basic knowledge of the command line so if someone would tell me
> >>> how to fix it I will attempt to do so.
> >>
> >> Just anywhere you see "stable-updates", change it to "wheezy-updates".
> >>
> >> If you use vim, you can just do
> >>
> >> :%s/stable-updates/wheezy-updates/g
> >>
> >> Tony
> >
> > I did as you said in vim and got this back
> > E486: Pattern not found: stable-updates
> >
> > So I am really confused now. Any other solutions to try.
> > Maureen
>
> Do you have on your system /etc/apt/sources.list.d ?
> If so are there any files in that directory?
Do you not think that getting her sources.list in a bit less of a mess might
be a good place to start? I find that once my sources.list is right,
everything else falls into place.
Lisi
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