Frank Chung wrote: > (2) do something with the URL to bypass this error for the time > being?
Hmm... Not what you want exactly but perhaps this will help in some way. Have you looked at apt-zip? All you need is to get the Packages files to your machine so that you are past the 'apt-get update' stage. apt-cache show apt-zip Just as a workaround until you resolve your problem. Bob
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