summary: trying to update R packages from recommended mirrors @ http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html
This has worked well for a long time, but now I keep getting errors like Failed to fetch <mirror URI/>/squeeze-cran/<deb name/>: Hash Sum mismatch No fix from either sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* sudo aptitude update or sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* sudo apt-get update details: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/01/msg00995.html >> I'm getting >> > E: Failed to fetch >> > http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/linux/debian/squeeze-cran/r-base-core_2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0_amd64.deb: >> > Hash Sum mismatch >> So I changed my sources.list >> - deb http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/linux/debian squeeze-cran/ >> + deb http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/linux/debian squeeze-cran/ >> did `sudo aptitude update`, and got >> > W: Failed to fetch >> > bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/watson.nci.nih.gov_cran%5fmirror_bin_linux_debian_squeeze-cran_Packages: >> > Hash Sum mismatch >> So I changed my sources.list >> - deb http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/linux/debian squeeze-cran/ >> - deb http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/linux/debian squeeze-cran/ >> + deb http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian squeeze-cran/ >> did `sudo aptitude update`, and got >> > W: Failed to fetch >> > bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/mirrors.nics.utk.edu_cran_bin_linux_debian_squeeze-cran_Packages: >> > Hash Sum mismatch http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/01/msg00997.html > Without knowing all your details, I'd probably: > rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* > rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* > then try updating again. Unfortunately, no fix: me@it:~ $ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory me@it:~ $ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* me@it:~ $ sudo emacs -nw -q /etc/apt/sources.list me@it:~ $ sudo aptitude update ... W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/lib.stat.cmu.edu_R_CRAN_bin_linux_debian_squeeze-cran_Packages: Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache me@it:~ $ sudo emacs -nw -q /etc/apt/sources.list me@it:~ $ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* ; sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* ; sudo aptitude update ... W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/watson.nci.nih.gov_cran%5fmirror_bin_linux_debian_squeeze-cran_Packages: Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache me@it:~ $ sudo emacs -nw -q /etc/apt/sources.list me@it:~ $ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* ; sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* ; sudo aptitude update ... W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/mirrors.nics.utk.edu_cran_bin_linux_debian_squeeze-cran_Packages: Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache For the helluvit, I also tried `apt-get`, which does not fail-fast like `aptitude`: me@it:~ $ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* ; sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* ; sudo apt-get update ... Reading package lists... Done me@it:~ $ sudo aptitude install r-base r-base-core r-recommended r-base-dev liblapack3 liblapack-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: r-base-dev The following packages will be upgraded: r-base r-base-core r-recommended 3 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1603 not upgraded. Need to get 21.1 MB of archives. After unpacking 500 kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Get: 1 http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian/ squeeze-cran/ r-base-core 2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0 [21.0 MB] Get: 2 http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian/ squeeze-cran/ r-base 2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0 [37.1 kB] Get: 3 http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian/ squeeze-cran/ r-recommended 2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0 [2,688 B] Get: 4 http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian/ squeeze-cran/ r-base-dev 2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0 [3,906 B] Fetched 21.1 MB in 12s (1,650 kB/s) E: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/bin/linux/debian/squeeze-cran/r-base-core_2.15.2-1~squeezecran.0_amd64.deb: Hash Sum mismatch What else to try? TIA, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r4l7kfd1....@pobox.com
