On Nov 19 you wrote: > On Mon,17.Nov.08, 19:32:42, jeremy bentham wrote:
> > > > My sources.list > > > > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ sarge main contrib > > > > non-free > > > > per the README at the archive site. > > > That README is wrong, since there is no debian-archive directory on > > > archive.debian.org, only a debian directory. This has already been > > > reported: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505754. > > > So you just need to s/debian-archive/debian/ in your sources.list. > > Alas, that was the first thing I tried--well, > > s/archive.debian.org/http.us.deb.org/. > > Suppose I should have put that in my first post [-; . > I think you misunderstood, the correct line would be > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free I see I didn't put that very well; no matter. I got the line right. My problem was simply not understanding aptitude. After getting those error messages I merely needed to press "return", then "u", select "become root", type root's password and watch the progress bar.... I can only plead that as a recent emigre from slackware land, I became dazzled by Debian's slick package-management system and began to expect it to read my mind. ;-} > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) -- Dave Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]