Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread janm
Hi Tony What if you tell APT specifically to use Backports via "-t jessie-backports"? Please see my simulation install below. Kind regards Jan sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports pylint3 -s -V Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 14/11/16 16:45, janm wrote: Hi Tony What if you tell APT specifically to use Backports via "-t jessie-backports"? Please see my simulation install below. Thank you, Jan; that seems to have worked. Best regards, Tony -- Tony van der Hoff| mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshi

Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:14:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install pylint3 on my jessie system. > According to synaptic, pylint3 is available from backports, which I've > enabled in sources.list. However, it depends on python3-astroid, which it > refused to install:

apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread Tony van der Hoff
Hi, I'm trying to install pylint3 on my jessie system. According to synaptic, pylint3 is available from backports, which I've enabled in sources.list. However, it depends on python3-astroid, which it refused to install: # tony@tony-lx:~$ sudo apt-get install py

Re: apt-get fails due to "system" message bus problem

2012-08-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.08.2012 17:20, schrieb Dom: > > I suspect that fakeroot is interpreting the -s option. > > Can you try: > > $ fakeroot -- apt-getfrom -s "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable \ > main" download debian-archive-keyring > > The "--" should make fakeroot pass the -s through to your apt-get

Re: apt-get fails due to "system" message bus problem

2012-08-14 Thread Dom
On 14/08/12 14:25, Malte Forkel wrote: Hello! I have written a little script to download a package from a repository specified on the command line. E.g. the following will download the package debian-archive-keyring_2010.08.28_all.deb on an Ubuntu system: $ apt-getfrom -s "deb http://ftp.debian

apt-get fails due to "system" message bus problem

2012-08-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Hello! I have written a little script to download a package from a repository specified on the command line. E.g. the following will download the package debian-archive-keyring_2010.08.28_all.deb on an Ubuntu system: $ apt-getfrom -s "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main" \ download debia

Re: apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Chris Howie
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I just wonder if anyone has a possible workaround on > my end, before giving up. Maybe you can tunnel out with ssh? -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a-->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N

Re: apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Ottavio Caruso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run a Debian derivative on a portable memory stick > and I have to connect through an ISA proxy server > (both http and ftp). > > The proxy is broken and misconfigured so it won't > download any .gz files, hence

apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Ottavio Caruso
I run a Debian derivative on a portable memory stick and I have to connect through an ISA proxy server (both http and ftp). The proxy is broken and misconfigured so it won't download any .gz files, hence I can't apt-get. I have reported the case and the possible solution to system administrator, w

Help! apt-get fails on /var/lib/dpkg/status

2002-03-16 Thread Jason Wood
Hi, I am running Debian unstable/testing, last updated a few days ago. After running dselect upgrade today, whenever I try to install something using apt-get I get the following error : Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) E: The package lists

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
Brad wrote: > to use it, to avoid backward combatability? Thanks, but I seem to be able to avoid backward compatability quite well on my own. :-) (Seriously, I have a good backwards compatabile fix in place now.) -- see shy jo

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, peter karlsson wrote: > Martin Fluch: > [[[discussion of the situation described in bug#48806 snipped by]]] [[[previous poster]]] > > Install this package manualy with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf* > > and apt-get upgrade should

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
peter karlsson wrote: > That seems to cure the problem, but why did it appear in the first place? Because I goofed up. It is corrected in the archive now, and should be soon in whatever mirror you use. -- see shy jo

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread peter karlsson
Martin Fluch: > Install this package manualy with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf* > and apt-get upgrade should do. That seems to cure the problem, but why did it appear in the first place? # dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.2.1_all.deb (Reading database ... 51889 files

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Todd Suess
I also got this error, but corrected it by placing a zero length file called confmodule in the /usr/share/debconf directory, and then running apt-get -f install and it finished normally. -Todd Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 100% [Scanning packages] Configuring packages ... /tmp/fileK7MiKx:

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, peter karlsson wrote: > Today when I tried running apt-get dist-upgrade, it failed on me... Anyone > have ideas? > > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REM

apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread peter karlsson
Today when I tried running apt-get dist-upgrade, it failed on me... Anyone have ideas? # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: sgmlspm The following NEW packages will be installed:

Http (lynx, apt-get) fails; ftp ok

1999-04-21 Thread Duncan Sands
For some time now (i.e. even before upgrading to slink), I have been having problems with http. Example: when given an address, Lynx reports that it is unable to connect; apt-get is also unable to connect. Netscape works fine though. I can ftp (for example with apt-get) without problems. In fact

Re: apt-get fails with large package

1999-03-28 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > I am trying to upgrade a machine to slink, it was going fine till it > attempted to download the "xbooks" package. It waited for ages saying It may well be that your ISP has a 'transparent' web proxy that doesn't quite work, try using wget.. Jason

apt-get fails with large package

1999-03-28 Thread Mark Phillips
I am trying to upgrade a machine to slink, it was going fine till it attempted to download the "xbooks" package. It waited for ages saying 0% [Waiting for file] Then eventually bombed out with: Get:1 http://www.au.debian.org stable/main xbooks 3.3.2.3a-2 [17.4Mb] Err http://www.au.debian.org st