^chewie wrote: > 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. 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. > > > 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. > Well, yes, it would be nice to have the time to read all the docs :(. I don't post willy-nilly to this list -- only after hours of fiddling, skimming manpages and docs, checking deja, etc. I hope I haven't put out too many RTFM questions! -jh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org