Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file
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.
Haines
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