> You have to update the local cache with what is available on the remote > site... > > apt-get update > > apt-get install sudo > > Should really do: > > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > > First and foremost...!
OK, I removed the references to cdrom in my /etc/apt/sources.list, and things run more cleanly. As a test I did # aptitude install sudo, and it worked. Now I turn to your recommendation and run: aptitude update && aptitude upgrade, and while the update seems to go, I'm told there's nothing to upgrade. I seriously doubt it: Reading Package Lists... 0% Reading Package Lists... 100% Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 0% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree... 50% Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state information... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] Is it your impression that the first group of responses suggest that apt-get update worked. But then why no packages needed to install. My installation was from a fairly old cdrom set of debian 3.0r1. Shouldn't there be an enormous about of material to upgrade? Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
