Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

[Rayson]

Does anyone know why I cannot copy some of the files in the archives directory? I can copy many of them but not all. I also know there is a file called "lock" but I don't know what that is for.

I would like a copy of all the .deb files in the archives directory so that I don't have to spend lots of time on a low speed connection updating all 15 of my Kubuntu macnines.

Ray

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

What was the error message ?

How did you ?
- with konqueror
Start konqueror as root: Press Alt+F2 and type kdesu konqueror
- with cp (copy) in the konsole
Use sudo: In the konsole sudo cp .....

Maybe it was this:
File Permissions/ Editing Files that Belong to Root
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/permissions
or
RootSudo
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

[Rayson]

Re: Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

The error message is "Could not read /var/cache/apt/archives/{file name}"

I only get this on about 5% of all the files in the archives. This problem only occurs on some of the Dapper machines. The machines that I get the above message also produce a message at startup after restoring sessions message. The message then is "The process for the media protocol died unexpectedly."

I am using Konqueror by typing "kdesu konqueror" from the Run Applet.

Thanks,

Ray

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

What tells:

ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/{file name}

Link:
Linux permissions help
http://zzee.com/solutions/linux-permissions.shtml

[Rayson]

Re: Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

Thanks - You pointed up the problem. The files that I could not copy all showed Forbidden for Group and Others (they were Green when viewing them with Konqueror). Here is a copy of the permissions for several files:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1997362 2006-06-14 11:40 khelpcenter_4%3a3.5.2-0ubuntu27_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1900332 2006-06-14 11:40 kicker_4%3a3.5.2-0ubuntu27_i386.deb
-rwx------ 1 root root 1839850 2006-05-18 09:09 kig_4%3a3.5.2-0ubuntu9_i386.deb
-rwx------ 1 root root 703098 2006-05-18 09:09 klettres_4%3a3.5.2-0ubuntu9_i386.deb
-rwx------ 1 root root 1992718 2006-05-18 09:09 klettres-data_4%3a3.5.2-0ubuntu9_all.deb

Note - kig, klettres and klettres-data are files that I could not copy out.

Thanks for pointing to the problem.

Ray

[Rayson]

Re: Cannot copy /var/cache/apt/archives files

Do you have any idea why these files permissions were set to Forbidden in some computers and not in other machines. AFAIK, I used the same process to install them in all machines. - Maybe not, perhaps I did a copy/past of the downloaded archives in some and not the other machines!

Ray