On Tue February 26 2008, Paul Cartwright wrote: > ok, I get different output when I do an: > aptitude update > apt-get update > update-manager > > I think maybe I am unable to do updates right now. Here is the output of > each of those commands: > # aptitude reinstall update-manager > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > Building tag database... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > libquicktime0 > The following packages will be REINSTALLED: > update-manager > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 > not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Writing extended state information... Error! > E: I wasn't able to locate file for the update-manager package. This might > mean you need to manually fix this package. > > > # update-manager > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:18: FutureWarning: apt API > not stable yet > warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 305, in ? > main() > File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 269, in main > distinfo = get_distro_information() > File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 232, in get_distro_information > distinfo = guess_debian_release() > File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 186, in guess_debian_release > rinfo = guess_release_from_apt() > File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 160, in guess_release_from_apt > version = RELEASE_CODENAME_LOOKUP.get(unknown, rinfo.get('suite','')) > NameError: global name 'unknown' is not defined > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 70, in ? > app = UpdateManager(data_dir) > File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", > line 261, in __init__ > dinfo = DistInfo (base_dir=datadir+"channels/") > File > "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/UpdateManager/Common/DistInfo.py", line > 58, in __init__ > dist_file = open (dist_fname) > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or > directory: '/usr/share/update-manager/channels//.info' > > # apt-get update > <SNIP> > Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release Unable > to find expected entry unstable/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file > (malformed Release file?) > Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/etch/Release Unable > to find expected entry contrib/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file > (malformed Release file?) > Failed to fetch > http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/dists/etch/non-free/binary-i38 >6/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 204.9.165.82 80] > Reading package lists... Done > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones > used instead. > > from /usr/share/update-manager/channels//Debian.info > Suite: etch > RepositoryType: deb > BaseURI: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ > Description: Debian "Etch" (testing) > Component: main > Enabled: 1 > CompDescription: Officially supported > Component: contrib > Enabled: 0 > CompDescription: DFSG-compatible Software with Non-Free Dependencies > Component: non-free > Enabled: 0 > CompDescription: Non-DFSG-compatible Software
I reinstalled update-manager, changed my sources.list so there were no errors, and now everything is working again.. not sure why update-manager shows ubuntu on a Debian Etch system, but it works: dpkg --list|grep update-manager ii update-manager 0.42.2ubuntu22-11 GNOME application that manages software upda -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]