On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:39:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/12/2020 09:17 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 09:07:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > As I said, there has been no previous problem with Synaptic. > > > Where would I look for cause of missing archives sub-directory? > > > > Unless you have an audit facility configured in your kernel - you have > > to guess. > > Unless an audit facility is installed by default, I don't have it. > Sounds like something I should read up on. > Suggested link(s) for someone coming at the subject cold?
apt install auditd man auditctl You'll need this: auditctl -a always,exit -F dir=/var/cache/apt/archives -F perm=wa > > > Is it safe to blindly create it? > > > > Yep. 0:0 as group:owner, 0755 as permission. > > > > $ ls -ald /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 11 12:00 /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > I created the sub-directory using Caja. > # ls -ald /var/cache/apt/archives/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 12 09:41 /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > *NOTE* When I ran ls there were only 2 {NOT 3} hard links. > I attempted to install via Synaptic again. > The error message was: > > W: Failed to fetch > > http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/texinfo/install-info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb > > Could not open file > > /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/install-info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb - > > open (2: No such file or directory) [IP: 151.101.52.204 80] > > > > W: Failed to fetch > > http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb > > Could not open file > > /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/info_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b2_i386.deb - open (2: > > No such file or directory) [IP: 151.101.52.204 80] Your local apt index file is out of sync with the mirror. They should give a button in Synaptic that performs the equivalent of "apt-get update". Reco