RE: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed"
Thanks for the suggestions. However, this isn't an issue with the URL in sources.list. I've tried the following:
* installing using httpredir.debian.org (deb.debian.org isn't in the list of mirrors in the installer) - same error results.
* modifying the URL to deb.debian.org in sources.list and running apt-get update, same error results (see below).
* attempting to download the file Translation-en.bz2 from the repository (http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/i18n/) - download times out.
It looks like there is an issue with the mirror, which I'll report as a bug. However, I would appreciate advice on whether we should trust the installed system, given the missing file, or if it is likely that we will encounter ongoing issues arising from this.
Yours,
Rob
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rob@DebianTemplate8:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Ign http://deb.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources [196 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:7 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources [196 kB]
Get:8 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:10 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources [196 kB]
Get:11 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages [406 kB]
Get:12 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:13 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:14 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:15 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages [406 kB]
Get:16 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en [213 kB]
Get:17 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:18 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:19 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en [213 kB]
Get:20 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
...
Get:103 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Get:104 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en [12.6 kB]
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
Get:105 http://deb.debian.org jessie/main Sources [7,055 kB]
Get:106 http://deb.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,790 kB]
Get:107 http://deb.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en [4,583 kB]
Get:108 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages [15.5 kB]
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.16.204 80]
Fetched 18.8 MB in 3h 8min 24s (1,659 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.16.204 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Yours,
Rob Hardy
Applications and Systems Developer
York St. John University
01904 876953
-----Original Message-----
From: Liam O'Toole [mailto:liam.p.otoole@gmail.com]
Sent: 18 May 2017 14:07
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed"
On 2017-05-17, RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 05/17/2017 12:20 PM, Robert Hardy (r.hardy) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I received this message when installing from the Debian 8.8
>> netinstall ISO (debian-8.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso)
>>
>> Initial error was for ftp.uk.debian.org <ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org>. I
>> tried several others (including ftp.fr.debian.org
>> <ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org> and mirror.bytemark.co.uk) with similar errors.
>>
>> Continued with the install, which appeared to go OK otherwise. Found
>> that two lines were commented out in sources.list, post install:
>>
>> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
>>
>> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
>>
>> #deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
>>
>> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
>>
>> #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
>>
>> Uncommented these, and received the following errors on running
>> apt-get
>> update:
>>
>> Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
>>
>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>
>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>
>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>
>> 404 Not Found [IP: 78.129.164.123 80]
>>
>> Fetched 168 kB in 6min 3s (463 B/s)
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/i18n/Transl
>> ation-en
>> 404 Not Found [IP: 78.129.164.123 80]
>>
>> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>> old ones used instead.
>>
>> * Is this a known issue?
>> * Should I have any concerns about stability / missing files follow this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>
> I had that happened. I then changed all the http://ftp.* to
> http://httpredir.debian.org. I learned of this here:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#Example_sources.list
>
> Then I apt-get update and it worked fine from there.
Just a FYI: the recommended redirector is now http://deb.debian.org/.
--
Liam
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