On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:31:04AM -0500, Haines Brown said > I installed debian from cdrom, but now want to use apt-get (actually, > aptitude) to get on-line packages. To do this I ran netselect-apt > woody in the /etc/apt directory, and as a result built a > /etc/apt/sources list that had a US and a non-US site uncommented. > > OK, so next I want to get the sudo package and run: > > # apt-get install sudo > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.br.debian.org > woody/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > ... [same for three directories in each of the two source sites > listed in sources list] > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Couldn't find package sudo > > I don't understand this. Apparently apt-get reads my sources.list, but > can't use it. Running apt-get update has the same result. I added
apt-get update has the *exact* same error? update should try to go out on the network and get the missing package lists from your debian mirror. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: NWO credit card Syria Chobetsu Yukon Leuken-Baden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
