Problems installing/updating software [FIXED]

[Paulo]

Hi.

I cannot install new software or update the existing one.

I tryed both adept and aptitude.
Both gave me errors downloading zero bytes.

Neverthless they both presented me a list of SW to update/install.

My sources.list is as follows (uncomented lines):
deb http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted

Questions:

May be I need other sources list
How to change them?

May I use aptitude with kubuntu?

Thanks for any help.

[sky]

Re: Problems installing/updating software

Hi,

what are the exact errors about zero bytes please ?

Cheers

[Paulo]

Re: Problems installing/updating software

Using adept, I got an error message box in portuguese which may be translated as follows:

An error has occured confirming modifications. May be there was an error transfering some packages or the confirmation will corrupt the packages information - downloaded 7Mb. Installed 0 Mb.

NOTE: This message may not exactly correspond to the english original.

I tried to use aptitude as command line to update/dist-upgrade.
Here is the dialog:

Gandalf:/# aptitude update
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release [19.6kB]
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages [14B]
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources [14B]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources
Ign http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources
403 Forbidden
Fetched 19.9kB in 3s (5315B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Gandalf:/# aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
adept app-install-data pcmcia-cs
3 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 7268kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!

Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you want to do.

app-install-data pcmcia-cs adept

Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway?
To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": Yes
Writing extended state information... Done
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main app-install-data 0.1.33
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main adept 2.0ubuntu2
403 Forbidden
Err http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main pcmcia-cs 3.2.8-5.2ubuntu6
403 Forbidden
Gandalf:/#

BTW, I can now see all applications in adept. May be I was doing something wrong the 1st time.

Thanks

[Paulo]

Re: Problems installing/updating software [FIXED]

I just removed the prefix pt. from the sources list and everything started working fine :-) Good ...

Are the pt. archives broken?