Re: apt-get errors
Please reply to the list only.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 09:56:09PM -0500, John Aten wrote:
>
> > Wow!! How long ago did you last update this laptop? IIRC, that
> > url/mirror is no longer in use.
>
> I installed Wheezy on the Dell less than a week ago. I selected
> debian.uchicago.edu, but there was an error. I'm not sure how I ended
> up with the sources.list that I ended up with.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> I have done a few things, but I didn't realize that I wasn't replying
> properly. I replied to the indiviual users, instead of to the whole
> list. Daxco's suggestion did the trick; I installed netselect-apt, and
> generated a new new sources.list. I have undone everything that I
> tried that didn't work.
>
> One thing I'm not sure about is the removal of
> /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. This was an empty file. Should I make another
> one?
No.
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