Aptitude package lists not updating

mavery · 2010-09-21 05:21:51 UTC

I’m trying to update some packages that I’ve installed via aptitude. When I try, aptitude yells at me. This is what she says:

W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://debian.newdream.net etch/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.newdream.net_dists_etch_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat
(2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files

I tried updating, both using the aptitude interface and doing a [i]sudo apt-get update[\i] and I get the same results (see above).

I’ve got the following in my /etc/apt/sources.list:

How do I solve this problem so I can update?[/quote]

vicm3 · 2010-09-22 02:27:21 UTC

Mhhh… etch (Debian 4) is now oldstable so it’s now archived and not given updates anymore January 21 was the announcement http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121 if you need to upgrade you need to move to Lenny (version 5).

By the way I think the mirrors don’t even had etch online any more, that would explain the error you got, you still can get directly from Debian site (ftp://debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ last time I check).

mavery · 2010-09-22 02:58:33 UTC

Are you saying that I need to upgrade to lenny and change my source list? Or are you saying that if I change my source list to point to ftp://debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ that will work? Sorry for the n00b question, I’m just not too clear on how to solve this.

If it’s the former (need to upgrade to lenny), how arduous is it? I definitely need some third-party software, but don’t want to break anything.

Andrew_F · 2010-09-22 04:10:21 UTC

We’re aware of this issue, and we’ve got a fix on the way. Until then, here’s a fixed sources.list:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free deb http://debian.di.newdream.net/ etch ndn deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security etch/updates main contrib non-free deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main contrib non-free deb http://debian.dc-uoit.net/debian-multimedia/ etch main

If you’d like to be upgraded to Lenny, let DreamHost Support know. We’ve got a process in place for running the upgrades.