Re: Getting 404 from security.debian.org trying to install a package

[John W <jwdevel@gmail.com>]

Bah, I figured it out (:
Just needed 'apt-get update' first ...

-John

On 6/22/17, John W <jwdevel@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using Debian 7.4 (wheezy) which I realize is on LTS.
>
> I'm trying to install a package, but I get a 404 error:
>
>     $ sudo aptitude install libmagick++5
>     The following NEW packages will be installed:
>       libmagick++5
>     0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 315 not
> upgraded.
>     Need to get 237 kB of archives. After unpacking 635 kB will be used.
>     Err http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main libmagick++5
> amd64 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u6
>       404  Not Found [IP: 128.101.240.215 80]
>     0% [Working]E: Failed to fetch
> http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imagemagick/libmagick++5_6.7.7.10-5+deb7u6_amd64.deb:
> 404  Not Found [IP: 128.101.240.215 80]
>
> If I look at the listing on the site:
> http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imagemagick/
> I see:
>     libmagick++5_6.7.7.10-5+deb7u14_amd64.deb
>
> So it looks like the "u14" version is available, but for whatever
> reason my install is trying to get "u6" which is no longer there.
>
> Okay, I don't mind using the newer "u14" one... how do I tell aptitude
> to use that, though?
>
> Thanks
> -John
>