Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file
On Monday 07 March 2016 17:14:40 Haines Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 02:54:22PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 07 March 2016 00:30:44 Haines Brown wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 08:43:56PM -0300, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote:
> > > > Correct syntax is:
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > On 6 March 2016 at 20:10, Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 10:47:26PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> > > > > Hi.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 14:34:25 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > > Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
> > > > > > I have jessie installed on an AMD64 machine, which lacks any
> > > > > > desktop environment.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I downloaded google-chrome AMD64 deb from the Chrome website
> > > > > > and installed by running dpkg -i on it. It works OK. But now
> > > > > > I want to add flashplugin-nonfree for it or, if that fails to
> > > > > > use it for my iceweasel. In order to install
> > > > > > flashplugin-nonfree I added contrib to the sources.list.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I do aptitude update, the contrib it hit, but the update
> > > > > > fails
>
> ...
>
> > > Progress, but not there yet. In sources.list I have the line:
> > >
> > > deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
> > >
> > > When I do # aptitude update, it starts with a warning:
> > >
> > > W: Duplicate sources.list entry
> > > http://dl.google.com/linus/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
> > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_ \
> > > main_binary-amd64_packages)
> > >
> > > W: You may want to update the packages lists to correct these
> > > missing files
> > >
> > > then there are hits and gets and then 100% [working]. However, this
> > > is followed by a warning and errors:
> > >
> > > W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/ \
> > > stable/Release: Unable to find expected entry `main/binary-i386/ \
> > > Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed
> > > file)
> > >
> > > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
> > > old ones used instead
> > >
> > > E: Couldn't rebuild package cache.
> > >
> > > This didn't stop me from installing the flashplugin-nonfree, but with
> > > aptitude update I still get more or less the same warnings and errors.
> > >
> > > Haines
> >
> > It sounds as though your Jessie is being identified as Wheezy. You get
> > that warning with Wheezy, even if it is 64bit Wheezy with 64bit
> > Google-Chrome. Presumably because Google hasn't written a string of
> > different error messages for the various different things it has just
> > stopped supporting.
> >
> > Why Jessie is being identified as Wheezy is another question. Is there
> > any reason why you might get identified as Ubuntu 12.04? Another of the
> > things that has just dropped off Google's cliff.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> Lisi, I have to make a confession. The machine is actually running
> devuan Jessie. That is probably the reason.
Glad we have solved the mystery - though sadly not your problem. :-(
Lisi
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