Hi all, I am new to linux and debian and recently installed debian-3.1 using DVD from a friend. But it seems a lot of libraries or dependencies are missing. I cannot open any molecular viewing packages like pymol and had problem installing other packages. Whenever I try to install these packages, I am asked to first do 'apt-get update'. But 'apt-get update' always gets stuck up as shown below.
Could someone point out why the computer is not able to connect to security.debian.org? The internet is working perfectly fine otherwise. Thanks in advance Regards, Arvind --------------------------------------------------------------------------- $apt-get update Err file: sarge/main Packages File not found Ign file: sarge/main Release Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Failed to fetch file:///cdrom/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz File not found Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Release Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Release Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection timed out [IP: 128.101.240.212 80] Reading Package Lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]