Re: apt update problems
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On Oct 4, 2014, at 5:25 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 03 oct 14, 22:17:42, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
>> On 10/03/2014 03:07 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>>
>>> It's important you attach them since your mailer seems to be a little
>>> bit too helpful in formating your mails and it's important to for us to
>>> see the same files as apt sees them.
>>
>> I tried this earlier and apparently it didn't go through. Here are the
>> attached files. I have an empty sources.list.d directory but there is
>> nothing in it. TY
>
> Assuming your mailer didn't interfere (again) your sources.list is messed up.
> Comments inline:
>
>> #
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20140712-13:02]/ wheezy contrib main
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20140712-13:02]/ wheezy contrib main
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-2 20140712-13:02]/ wheezy contrib main
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-3 20140712-13:02]/ wheezy contrib main
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 Update DVD 20140712: i386 DVD 1]/ wheezy contrib main non-free
>
> The cdrom entries are commented out, probably not a bad idea if you have good
> internet connectivity.
>
>> deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates non-free deb-src contrib main
>> deb-src ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ wheezy/updates http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates non-free deb-src contrib main
>
> These two lines are messed up and you probably don't need deb-src line (do you
> compile Debian packages?), so replace them with:
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
>
> (all in one line)
>
>> # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
>> # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
>> # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
>> # for your mirror of choice.
>> #
>> # deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy contrib non-free main
>> deb ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ wheezy-updates contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>> deb-src ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ wheezy-updates contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>> # deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>
> Instead of trying to fix the above I suggest you just remove everything and add
> these two lines:
>
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
>
> (.net is not a typo)
>
> The file sources.list.save you should completely ignore, it's probably
> some backup created by a program you used to change your sources.
>
> Here's everything again, with some comments to explain what each line
> does:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # This is the security archive for the wheezy release. Every wheezy
> # system should have it and update/upgrade regularly from it.
> deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
>
> # This is the 'updates' archive, for packages that most probably will
> # be included in the next point release and some special packages that
> # need more frequent updates to be useful
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>
> # This is the regular archive containing the packages of the latest
> # Debian stable release (including all point releases).
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
>
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I had a similar problem recently. Daxko on this list recommended installing netselect and netselect-apt, which will select the fastest mirror and generate a sources.list file for you. I don't think the syntax of mine was off, I believe I was attempting to use an outdated mirror. Anyhow, netselect-apt fixed the problem, and then some.
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