Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file
On Monday 07 March 2016 18:29:50 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> 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. :-(
A potential solution to the problem would be Jessie proper, but without
systemd. It seems to work rather well, in fact, from what people doing so
say. I am about to cross my fingers and try it myself.
Lisi
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