Good day. I can't upgrade. I've tried both apt and ftp access methods and several mirror sites. I'm getting messages like this saying that there is no file, but (script session below) I can do Update from all sites.
> Could not open file > /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/libpng2_1.0.2b-0.1_i386.deb - open (2 No > such file or directory)^M What is wrong here? --Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Script started on Wed Jun 2 06:40:13 1999 chameleon:/u1/debian_dl# whoami root chameleon:/u1/debian_dl# pwd /u1/debian_dl chameleon:/u1/debian_dl# df . Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda3 2974550 20 2820708 0% /u1 chameleon:/u1/debian_dl# dselect Debian Linux `dselect' package handling frontend. * 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. 1. [U]pdate Update list of available packages, if possible. 2. [S]elect Request which packages you want on your system. 3. [I]nstall Install and upgrade wanted packages. 4. [C]onfig Configure any packages that are unconfigured. 5. [R]emove Remove unwanted software. 6. [Q]uit[21GQuit dselect. Use ^P and ^N, cursor keys, initial letters, or digits to select; Press ENTER to confirm selection. ^L to redraw screen. Version 1.4.0.34 (i386 elf). Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Ian Jackson. This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dselect --licence for details. 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use.[K * 1. [U]pdate Update list of available packages, if possible. 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Query] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main Packages 14% [Working] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main Release 28% [Working] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/contrib Packages 42% [Working] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/contrib Release 57% [Working] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/non-free Packages 71% [Working] Hit ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/non-free Release 85% [Working] Reading Package Lists... 0% Reading Package Lists... 100% Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree... Done Merging Available information Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available. Information about 2651 package(s) was updated. Debian Linux `dselect' package handling frontend. 0. [A]ccess[21GChoose the access method to use. 1. [U]pdate[21GUpdate list of available packages, if possible. * 2. [S]elect Request which packages you want on your system. 3. [I]nstall Install and upgrade wanted packages. 4. [C]onfig[21GConfigure any packages that are unconfigured. 5. [R]emove[21GRemove unwanted software. 6. [Q]uit[21GQuit dselect. Use ^P and ^N, cursor keys, initial letters, or digits to select; Press ENTER to confirm selection. ^L to redraw screen. Version 1.4.0.34 (i386 elf). Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Ian Jackson. This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dselect --licence for details. 2. [S]elect Request which packages you want on your system. * 3. [I]nstall Install and upgrade wanted packages. Reading Package Lists... 0% Reading Package Lists... 100% Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: mdutils syslinux wenglish lsof-2.0.35 The following NEW packages will be installed: libpaperg netscape-base-4 picon-unknown raidtools libmpeg1 picon-news fakeroot diffstat xfonts-scalable debhelper libpng2 tetex-base libgtk1.1 libglib1.1 xbase-clients netscape-base-406 esound perl-debug xterm motifnls debmake glademm xserver-common gv libmagick4g ghostview libgtkxmhtml0 dupload gdk-imlib1 orbit xbooks libgtk1.1-doc xfonts-75dpi tetex-bin libgnome0 emacsen-common navigator-dmotif-406 freetype1 freetype2 xfonts-base libesd0 devscripts lilo-doc glade libtiff3g hello xmanpages file netscape-java-406 lesstifg libaudiofile0 libgtk1 egcs-docs navigator-base-406 xfonts-100dpi gnome-hello tcl8.0 twm xdm imlib-base libjpeg62 libmime-base64-perl picon-weather xserver-vga16 liborbit0 tk8.0 emacs20 giflib3g svgalibg1 imagemagick xaw3dg indent imlib-progs debsums kernel-package dh-make lintian xf86setup xpm4g gs-aladdin picon-users gsfonts 0 packages upgraded, 82 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 63.0Mb of archives. After unpacking 139Mb will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Logging in] 0% [Query] Err ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main tetex-base 0.9.981113-1 Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/tetex-base_0.9.981113-1_all.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) 0% [Working] Err ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main libpng2 1.0.2b-0.1 Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/libpng2_1.0.2b-0.1_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) 0% [Working] Err ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/main tetex-bin 0.9.981113-2 Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/tetex-bin_0.9.981113-2_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) 0% [Working] Err ftp://ftp.au.debian.org stable/contrib netscape-base-4 5 Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/netscape-base-4_5_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) <etc. etc. etc.> ... Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/tex/tetex-bin_0.9.981113-2.deb Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/tetex-bin_0.9.981113-2_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/web/netscape-base-4_5.deb Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/netscape-base-4_5_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/web/netscape-base-406_4.06-2.deb Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/netscape-base-406_4.06-2_i386.deb - open (2 No such file or directory) Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/editors/emacsen-common_1.4.8.deb <etc. etc. etc.> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe try with --fix-missing? Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue. installation script returned error exit status 100. Press RETURN to continue.