Re: apt-get update problem

[conover@rahul.net (John Conover)]

Darac Marjal writes:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:20:38PM -0700, John Conover wrote:
> > 
> > Running "apt-get update" on one of my machines gives:
> > 
> >     W: Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Debian%20GNU_Linux%207%20%5fWheezy%5f%20-%20Official%20Snapshot%20i386%20LIVE_INSTALL%20Binary%2020140723-18:32_dists_wheezy_main_binary-i386_Packages  Failed to stat - stat (2: No such file or directory)
> 
> That looks like you're installing from a CD/DVD. I might be wrong but I
> don't think you need to do "update" if you're using a CD; apt-cdrom will
> take care of fetching the index from the disc.
> 
> So, if your only source of packages is the CD, then ignore the warning
> and install away. If you are using a mixture of CD and internet, then
> you probably want to remove the CD from your /etc/apt/sources.list as it
> will soon get outdated by the internet mirrors.
>

That was exactly what it was-the CD line /etc/apt/sources.list was not
commented out from the install from the DVD.

Thanks, Darac,

    John

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