Re: apt-get errors
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 02:20:04PM -0500, John Aten wrote:
> Hi all,
Hi.
> I recently installed Debian Wheezy on an old Dell Inspiron laptop.
> It's working pretty well, aside from a few hiccups. One of these
> happens when updating. apt-get update returns the following errors:
>
> Err http://http.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free i386 Packages 404 Not
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wow!! How long ago did you last update this laptop? IIRC, that url/mirror
is no longer in use.
Try another mirror
> I ran the command again, and got this:
>
> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource
> temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory
> /var/lib/apt/lists/
>
> Is there anything I can do about this?
Dunno, try changing the mirror.
You haven't messed with anything else trying to get it to work have you?
If, after changing the mirror, you still have problems then report back
here. There is no need to post a thanks etc. message if it all works.
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