Debian - Apt-get Help

[VirtusRex]

Hello all,

Well after reading some of the guides here, I've finally got debian running in pdaxrom.
My problem now is I can't seem to download any packages using apt-get.

I tried to download the package bittorrent using the follow command: "apt-get install bittorrent", but I keep getting can't fetch errors. I've attached a screenshot of my error read out, and any advice on how to use apt-get would be really helpful.

thanks,

Virturex

[Cresho]

your not alone.  I had the same problems but i was only demoing the pdaxrom.  Some will come along and help.  You havent done anything wrong.  

[desertrat]

I tried to download the package bittorrent using the follow command: "apt-get install bittorrent", but I keep getting can't fetch errors. I've attached a screenshot of my error read out

As your screenshots clearly states: there's a 404 (file not  found error):

- Try downloading the file manually from another machine (to rule out misconfiguration/connectivity problems on the Z)
- Try using a different server
- Try doing what your screenshot suggests (right at the bottom)
- Or try again later (might be a transient problem)

and any advice on how to use apt-get would be really helpful.

Try the debian site, they have copious documentation (but a lot of it is outdated   ).

[zi99y]

I think I had this problem when I setup pocketworkstation, either way I changed the repository to the one I usually use on my server- there are a bunch to choose from depending on the closest to you. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change where necessary, mine looks like this:

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deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main
deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main
You might want to replace "testing" for "stable" as it tends to upgrade a lot of stuff this way, but I think pocketworkstation is supposed to be set at testing anyway.

Don't forget to do an apt-get update before you try to install anything.

Hope this helps

[VirtusRex]

I think I had this problem when I setup pocketworkstation, either way I changed the repository to the one I usually use on my server- there are a bunch to choose from depending on the closest to you. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change where necessary, mine looks like this:

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deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main
deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main
You might want to replace "testing" for "stable" as it tends to upgrade a lot of stuff this way, but I think pocketworkstation is supposed to be set at testing anyway.

Don't forget to do an apt-get update before you try to install anything.

Hope this helps
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ououcc
Hey zi99y, tried using the servers you listed above and it work!. Guess I wasn'using valid servers or something.

Thank you all the help,

VirtusRex

[xjqian]

because the debian repository has grown too large. Their main servers stopped hosting packages for the less common arch, such as arm. That's about half a year ago.