Re: Synaptic error
On 04/12/2020 09:17 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 09:07:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
As I said, there has been no previous problem with Synaptic.
Where would I look for cause of missing archives sub-directory?
Unless you have an audit facility configured in your kernel - you have
to guess.
Unless an audit facility is installed by default, I don't have it.
Sounds like something I should read up on.
Suggested link(s) for someone coming at the subject cold?
Is it safe to blindly create it?
Yep. 0:0 as group:owner, 0755 as permission.
$ ls -ald /var/cache/apt/archives/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 11 12:00 /var/cache/apt/archives/
I created the sub-directory using Caja.
# ls -ald /var/cache/apt/archives/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 12 09:41 /var/cache/apt/archives/
*NOTE* When I ran ls there were only 2 {NOT 3} hard links.
I attempted to install via Synaptic again.
The error message was:
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/texinfo/install-info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb
Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/install-info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb - open (2: No such file or directory) [IP: 151.101.52.204 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb
Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb - open (2: No such file or directory) [IP: 151.101.52.204 80]
Suspecting Synaptic being the problem, I did "apt-get install info".
There was no problem.
There is now a /var/cache/apt/archives/partial directory.
This is in line with what Cindy says elsewhere in this thread.
Following her example, I've included all the details for future newbies.
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