How do I make apt-get work?

[turbine]

I've got knoppix 3.3 on a hdd installation. Apt-get doesn't work at all for me. I've looked at the stuff in google search but don't really understand it. If knoppix is a debian sid system then apt-get ought to work. What's up with this?

P.S. what I mean to say is that apt-get install doesn't work for me.

[shah]

May be your apt sources.list is outdated. Try mine, which never failed me.

# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.

# Unstable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

# Sources
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

# Testing
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# Sources
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# Experimental
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free

# Knoppix
# deb http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix/ ./
# deb-src http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix/ ./

# Complete repository of KDE CVS Head plus many additional features tailored
# toward Debian.
# deb http://oberlin.cems.umn.edu/kdecvs/debian/ ./

# pine & more pine

# deb http://src.braincells.com/debian/ woody/
# deb http://kambing.vlsm.org/DLL/debian-local/ stable lokal

# k3b
# deb http://www.planet-moll.de/debian/ sarge main

# SynCE
# deb http://synce.sourceforge.net/debian/sid/ ./

# kde-debian.org
# deb http://kde-debian.org/archive/ workstation-unstable main
# deb-src http://kde-debian.org/archive/ workstation-unstable main

# mozilla-firefox
# deb http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/i386/ ./

# sylpheed-claws
deb http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/debian/ unstable main

# loop-aes-utils
deb http://hinterhof.net/~max/debian/ ./
deb-src http://hinterhof.net/~max/debian/ ./

# bootsplash-tools
# deb http://mentors.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# rox
# deb http://www.janw.easynet.be/rox/ i386/
# deb http://www.hrw.one.pl/apt/ sid/
# deb-src http://www.hrw.one.pl/apt/ src/

# kpkgmanager, kio-apt
deb http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/ ./
deb-src http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/ ./

# java
deb http://z42.de/ debian/
deb-src http://z42.de/ debian/

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
deb http://www.kalyxo.org/debian/ experimental main
deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/nx/slh-debian/ ./
deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free

deb http://www.bootsplash.de/files/debian unstable main

Then run in root konsole: apt-get update

[CrashedAgain]

I've got knoppix 3.3 on a hdd installation. Apt-get doesn't work at all for me. I've looked at the stuff in google search but don't really understand it. If knoppix is a debian sid system then apt-get ought to work. What's up with this?

P.S. what I mean to say is that apt-get install doesn't work for me.

Exactly where are you having problems? Have you done apt-get update before doing anything else? There was a problem with some of the sources on knx3.3, copy the sources file above to /etc/apt/sources.list then do apt-get update & you should be OK.