** Description changed: - in dapper, when performing "apt-get update" i get an error message. the - error that the terminal spit out was: + in dapper, when performing "apt-get update" i get an error message. + + i was able to download the "packages.gz" file from the URL shown in the + terminal error message without a problem. + + the error that the terminal spit out was: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update Password: Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages [821kB] 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages [97.9kB] 99% [Working] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Fetched 5B in 0s (5B/s) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages [821kB] 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages [97.9kB] 99% [Working] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Fetched 5B in 1s (5B/s) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Reading package lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
** Description changed: in dapper, when performing "apt-get update" i get an error message. - i was able to download the "packages.gz" file from the URL shown in the - terminal error message without a problem. + i was able to download and open the "packages.gz" file from the URL + shown in the terminal error message without a problem. + + i'm not sure if this is a problem with the netork or the server, but + there should certainly be a better error message. the error that the terminal spit out was: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update Password: Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages [821kB] 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages [97.9kB] 99% [Working] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Fetched 5B in 0s (5B/s) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages [821kB] 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages [97.9kB] 99% [Working] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Fetched 5B in 1s (5B/s) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Reading package lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- in dapper, when performing "apt-get update" i get an error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/60142 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
