Will Ness wrote: > I have an old laptop that I installed debian on. Everything works > except apt!! Everytime I run apt, it does its thing but at the very > end it says: > > Error....! > Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> I did some googling and got the general response that my Apt cache > memory limit needed to be expanded/checked/corrected. Kudos for checking the archives first. Many posters with this question do not, and it is likely one of the most common questions asked. > Others who gave a solution suggested to look in and edit apt.conf. One > problem, I did not have, or cannot find this file! My system doesn't have one, either - it probably just doesn't exist by default (because most people only need the default settings). According to the apt.conf man page, it belongs at /etc/apt/apt.conf. Create this file and add the relevant lines per the solutions you found. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
