Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download
Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I am running up-to-date Buster, unfortunately there seems to be a bit of a
> problem.
>
> Normally I run the update process several times a week with the command sudo
> apr update && sudo apt upgrade. This morning this resulted in the error
>
> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
> brscan4
> No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> E: Can't find a source to download version '0.4.8-1' of 'brscan4:amd64'
> After unpacking 0 B will be used.
> E: Can't find a source to download version '0.4.8-1' of 'brscan4:amd64'
> E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download
> E: Perhaps the package lists are out of date, please try 'aptitude update'
> (or equivalent); otherwise some packages or versions are not available from
> the current repository sources
>
> I reinstalled the Brother printer drivers, apparently barscan4 was not
> included. I contgaced Brother tech support, but was told that they did not
> support Linux.
>
> I tried:
>
> sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists.old
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update
>
> This resulted in a long list of get: (ellipses) followed by my user
> prompt. Unfortunately, update generated the same errors.
>
> At this point I don't have the faintest idea as to how to proceed. Pointers
> towards a solution to the problem will be much appreciated.
apt-get update fetches package lists
apt-get upgrade fetches and install packages
In this case, I think you have a problem with update, which
leads to the problem with upgrade.
Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and entries in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
Something probably is not responding. There are mirrors for most
repos, so pick different mirrors, or use
http://deb.debian.org/debian/
-dsr-
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