Re: [Hampshire] ?on topic, ?OT? Synaptic/apt/repository pro…

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Author: Steve Kemp
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ?on topic, ?OT? Synaptic/apt/repository problems
On Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 18:48:15 +0100, Lisi wrote:

> First I couldn't reload/update - on either, saying that the repositories were
> inaccessible. So of course I couldn't load any software.


Please show us what you tried, and what error you received.

apt-get should be simplest, if you run:

    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade


What error(s) do you see?

If it is something of the form "host not found" or "host not
accessible" then that suggests that your system cannot connect
to the remote sites.

I guess the obvious thing to do would be to open a web browser
and see if you can visit http://packages.debian.org/ - or whatever
mirror you're using.

Steve
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