On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Dan Hunt wrote:
> Ever do something careless and not know how to fix it? > > Early this morning I purposely deleted the .deb files in > /var/cache/apt/archives . Problem was I deleted the everything > up to /var/cache/apt/ > ( Why? The old .deb files are not being deleted > automatically so I was cleaning up, when I should have been making > coffee. ) > > When I run: > dhunt:/home/dan# apt-get update > E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. > E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object > E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object .... > > If you know how I can get "apt-get" back I would appreciate a response > to the list. <snip> I'd try: mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial chmod 755 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial chown root:root /var/cache/apt/archives/partial that is what mine is. -Kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]