On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, John Hawley wrote: > As I mentioned in the original post that I did do an 'apt-get update'. > Within the space of an hour (read your msg, Ben), I did the update and the > install on two similiar machines and one worked and the other didn't. Oh, > well, looks like I majorly fudged one system. This one probably isn't your fault. A few 404 errors from apt-get *does*not* mean that the system is corrupted. It simply means that the package that apt requested isn't on the mirror you're using. One thing I'm confused about: are you trying to upgrade from slink->frozen(potato) or from frozen->unstable, or are you just trying to upgrade to the newer versions of packages in frozen? The first would be a dist-upgrade, the second simply an upgrade. It's a subtle but sometimes important difference. Beyond that, here's a couple apt tips for you: 1) Always run 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' (in that order) in one batch. 2) Check to make sure you have the same distribution in every line of /etc/apt/sources.list. 3) Sometimes you catch a mirror in the middle of an update, which is the most common reason I get 404s. Try it again in about an hour if this happens (including the update step). 4) man apt-get <-- lots of useful information here. Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa Kevin R. Bullock --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org