On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Sick Twist wrote:
>> From: Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com>
>> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:58:48 -0500 (EST)
>>
>> But when I do, synaptic says:
>>
>> ,--
>> | W: Couldn't stat source package list http://exodus.xmms.se stable/main |
>> Packages |
>> (/var/lib/apt/lists/exodus.xmms.se_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)
>> | - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>> '--
>>
>> What, do I need to create that long dir name by hand? Shouldn't it do
>> that?
>
> No, you don't need to create any directories when adding repositories. The
> only thing one needs to do after adding a repository is to run "apt-get
> update" ("sudo apt-get update" for you since you're using Ubuntu) to let the
> system obtain a list of all of the packages that are available from all of
> the repositories in the sources.list file. I've seen that error before but I
> cannot remember offhand what causes it. I think that it occurs when a
> repository is not online or if the computer cannot connect to the Internet.
> Could you post a copy of your sources.list file so we can make sure it looks
> OK.
Glad you asked -- it's giving me fits.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
## All community supported packages, including security- and other updates
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates universe multiverse
deb http://eros.vlo.gda.pl/~szuwarek/files/linux/bmpx/ breezy/
# already in here
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
These I commented out, trying to get apt* to work:
#W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
#W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
#W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
#deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
#deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
#deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
#deb http://exodus.xmms.se/debian stable main
# CD
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted
# don't work
#deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
#deb-src http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody mozilla-firefox
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody mozilla-thunderbird
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody openvpn
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody gaim
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody gnupg
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/backports.org/debian woody flashplugin-nonfree
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
#deb http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.blackdown.org/java-linux/debian woody main non-free
#deb http://www.debian.org/archive stable main contrib
#deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main
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