I have added Acquire::FTP::Passive to /etc/apt/apt.conf as follows: // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // apt.conf - Apt configuration file // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
APT::Default-Release "stable" ; APT::Cache-Limit "33554432" ; APT::Install-Recommends "0" ; APT::Install-Suggests "0" ; // See Debian bug 613068 Acquire::FTP::Passive ; I now try apt-get update, but this error still occurs: # apt-get update Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg [1,671 B] Err ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg Could not connect passive socket. Get:2 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB Could not connect passive socket. Get:4 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Get:5 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB Could not connect passive socket. Get:6 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en Get:7 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB Could not connect passive socket. Get:8 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [835 B] Get:9 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en Could not connect passive socket. Get:10 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en_GB Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en_GB Get:11 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en Could not connect passive socket. Get:12 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en_GB Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en_GB Get:13 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en Could not connect passive socket. Get:14 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en_GB Get:15 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental Release.gpg [835 B] Err ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental Release.gpg Could not connect passive socket. Get:16 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/contrib Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/contrib Translation-en Get:17 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/contrib Translation-en_GB Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/contrib Translation-en_GB Could not connect passive socket. Get:18 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main Translation-en Get:19 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main Translation-en_GB Err ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main Translation-en_GB Could not connect passive socket. Get:20 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free Translation-en Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free Translation-en Get:21 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free Translation-en_GB Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze Release Get:22 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable Release [104 kB] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable Release Get:23 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental Release [102 kB] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental Release Get:24 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main Sources/DiffIndex Get:25 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Get:26 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Get:27 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:28 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:29 ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:30 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex Get:31 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Get:32 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Get:33 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Get:34 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:35 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main Sources Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib Sources Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free Sources Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages Get:36 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Sources [4,157 kB] Get:37 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [31 B] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff Get:38 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:39 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:40 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:41 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages [7,017 kB] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages Get:42 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib i386 Packages [60.0 kB] Get:43 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:44 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:45 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 2011-02-14-0208.20.pdiff [29 B] Get:46 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages [582 kB] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/contrib i386 Packages Get:47 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib [38.2 kB] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Get:48 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free 2011-02-15-0208.26.pdiff [656 B] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free 2011-02-15-0208.26.pdiff Get:49 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages Get:50 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 2011-02-15-1413.53.pdiff [258 B] Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 2011-02-15-1413.53.pdiff Get:51 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages Get:52 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Get:53 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free [83.2 kB] Get:54 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main i386 Packages [9,198 kB] Get:55 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free i386 [118 kB] Get:56 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main i386 Packages [741 kB] Get:57 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib [45.5 kB] Err ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Could not connect passive socket. Fetched 14.4 MB in 1min 39s (144 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/contrib/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/Release.gpg Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect passive socket. W: Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/contrib/source/Sources.gz Could not connect passive socket. E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
