apt-get problem

[Red Squirrel]

I often get this error when I use apt-get. Is there a way to fix that, or am I screwed? In this case I can search for another ftp server but in some cases I want a specific program but this stops me.

Last login: Sun Jun 12 12:56:14 2005
borg:~# apt-get install proftpd
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
proftpd-common
Suggested packages:
proftpd-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
proftpd proftpd-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 553kB of archives.
After unpacking 1086kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Err http://debian.yorku.ca testing/main proftpd-common 1.2.10-10
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.yorku.ca testing/main proftpd 1.2.10-10
404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/pool/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-commod
Failed to fetch http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/pool/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.1d
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-mi?
borg:~#

 

[Nothinman]

Most likely that mirror isn't updated yet, unless it's really slow it shouldn't take too long. I usually use the generic ftp.xx.debian.org hostnames since they're round-robin and first level mirrors.

And you do realize that by using the distro 'testing' you've started using etch now, right?

 

[OffTopic1]

It could be what Nothingman has mentioned. Try manually download the deb packages then do dpkg to see if it work.

I had the same problem with Ubuntu when I tried to install Konqueror & Wine and I keep getting an unmatch md5 error. Download the .deb files and install it manually doesn't help, but I manage to get Wine to work by install the most recent version from the project site. Konqueror still not working for me but don't really need it to waste time compiling .

Gnome works great for me with a few minor problem. I still have minor issue with share hdds...the strange thing is that Ubuntu (hdb1) will only mount NTFS partition/hda1, or VFAT partition/hdd1 but not both at the same time. Ubuntu/Hoary Hedgehog is the only Linux distro that I can't mount windows partition out of dozens of distro that I have tried.

 

[Nothinman]

If the MD5sums don't match you probably shouldn't be installing the package, they're verified for a reason.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
And you do realize that by using the distro 'testing' you've started using etch now, right?

What do you mean by that? I'm using Debian.

Also, how do I force it to use a different repository?

 

[Nothinman]

What do you mean by that? I'm using Debian.

When Debian released sarge it became 'stable' and the new 'testing' distribution called etch was born. If you look at all of the mirrors you'll see that stable is a symlink to sarge and testing is now a symlink to etch.

Also, how do I force it to use a different repository?

Do you mean repository or tree? For repository you just edit /etc/apt/sources.list For tree you need to change testing to whichever one you want to use.