On Wed November 29 2006 11:49 am, Brian Durant wrote: > On 11/29/06, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed November 29 2006 10:53 am, Brian Durant wrote: > > > On 11/29/06, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed November 29 2006 10:01 am, Brian Durant wrote: > > > > > On 11/29/06, Виталий Ищенко <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > В Срд, 29/11/2006 в 18:37 +0100, Brian Durant пишет: > > > > > > > Sorry, I am a newbie. What would Etch be? deb > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch testing (???) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > no > > > > > > deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main > > > > > > > > > > I got the following error message: > > > > > > > > > > "W: Couldn't stat source package list > > > > > http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages > > > > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_main_binar > > > > >y-i3 86_P ackages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)" > > > > > > > > I would try replacing etch with stable/testing/unstable, or use one > > > > of the mirrors listed at http://debian-multimedia.org/mirrors.html > > > > > > Unfortunately, I have been there and done that. I can't get any of the > > > mirrors near me to function, nor can I get anything with "testing". I > > > get the same errors on all of them. > > > > Yep, I had to do a bit of adjusting to find a testing mirror for my amd64 > > machine. ATM I am using http://debian-multimedia.dfoell.org on this > > stable box and it works well. I think I am using the same mirror on my > > testing box but I'm not certain. Might have to try a few to get one that > > has your arch and version of debian. > > See, that's the thing. Being a newbie, I am not really sure of the > syntax. Is it something like this? > > deb http://debian-multimedia.dfoell.org/ testing main binary-i386 > > I got errors from that line as well.
I think.. deb http://debian-multimedia.dfoell.org/ testing main will do the trick. I just had a look at that web site and they have quite a few arch's there including i386 amd64 sparc and a few others for stable testing and unstable. No need for the binary-???, apt will handle that itself.. :)
