On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:48:24PM +0000, John Hawley wrote: > Debian gurus: > > Wonder if I've corrupted one of my Debian installations somehow. > > On an 'apt-get dist-upgrade', or sometimes on an 'install' I get a lot > of http 404 errors. (I'm on 'frozen' release.) If I browse to the Heh. Yeah. It's called 'apt-get update' to update your package lists with the new available versions. You can't download older versions of packages if the newer versions have been released. ;-) The only way to get legacy packages is to switch to an older distribution. apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y -u Read apt-get and the various documents about Debian Policy, packaging, and user guides. There's lots of material out there for your to read to fully understand the system you're using, and I urge you to go on a learning binge. All of this information is out there, all you have to do is look for it and read it. -- Chad "^chewie" Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://wookimus.net/chewie -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 242 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20000713/d99aff27/attachment.pgp -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org