On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:14:27 -0600 Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> Greg Heilers wrote: > > James Zuelow wrote: > > > apt-cdrom add > > > apt-get upgrade > > I think you also want to > > apt-get update > > in there to update the package index lists. > > > When I try 'apt-get upgrade' - after listing all of the packages to > > be upgraded, the output continues as follows: > > > > 342 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. > > Need to get 36.0MB/676MB of archives. > > After this operation, 11.4MB of additional disk space will be used. > > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y > > > > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > > sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre > > Install these packages without verification [y/N]? N > > E: Some packages could not be authenticated > > This appears to me that you are missing > > $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00trustcdrom > APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; > > which instructs apt to trust the cdrom. This assumes that > sun-java6-bin and sun-java6-jre are on the cdrom and it is not > trusted. > > Running 'apt-get update', if that is the problem, might solve some of > these issues. I would definitely try that first before doing anything > else. > > Bob > Thanks. That seems to be working. I did not *want* to upgrade the sun-java packages, as they were a non-standard install (needed to get Open-Office 3.0 working). Since it tried to retrieve sun-java from the online repository (which, it can't - as the machine is not hooked up to the internet) - it is a non-issue. -- Greg Heilers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100902194345.fae9e959.heilers.g...@gmail.com