Hi All,
Could someone give me some pointers on setting up the APT package to use known good sources so I can update/install my packages before remastering please?
I'm behind a proxy on port 8080 and I think this is part of the problem I have as I've had a look at configuring APT and I think it should work.
Anyone have any ideas/similar experince??
Cheers
John
Hi Paul,
This is what I have in place and doesn't seem to work. I've tried several different ways to get this going and now think it's something to do with the sources.list file I have (the default one for knoppix).Originally Posted by pau1knopp
Very long error message below
Any thoughts??
Cheers
John
Err http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net ./ Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net ./ Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://kanotix.com ./ Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://kanotix.com ./ Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...-i386/Packages
.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argume
nt)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...y-i386/Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...ary-i386/Packa
ges.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid arg
ument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...ary-i386/Relea
se Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argumen
t)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...nary-i386/Pack
ages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid ar
gument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sta...nary-i386/Rele
ase Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argume
nt)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...y-i386/Package
s.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argum
ent)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...y-i386/Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...nary-i386/Pack
ages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid ar
gument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...nary-i386/Rele
ase Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argume
nt)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...inary-i386/Pac
kages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid a
rgument)
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/tes...inary-i386/Rel
ease Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argum
ent)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...y-i386/Package
s.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argum
ent)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...y-i386/Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...nary-i386/Pack
ages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid ar
gument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...nary-i386/Rele
ase Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argume
nt)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...inary-i386/Pac
kages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid a
rgument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...inary-i386/Rel
ease Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argum
ent)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...ry-i386/Packag
es.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argu
ment)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...ry-i386/Releas
e Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument
)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...inary-i386/Pac
kages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid a
rgument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...inary-i386/Rel
ease Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argum
ent)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...binary-i386/Pa
ckages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid
argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...binary-i386/Re
lease Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argu
ment)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...-i386/Packages.
gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argumen
t)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...y-i386/Release
Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...ry-i386/Packag
es.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argu
ment)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...ry-i386/Releas
e Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument
)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...ary-i386/Packa
ges.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid arg
ument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...ary-i386/Relea
se Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argumen
t)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/main/binary -i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/main/binary -i386/Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Inva lid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/contrib/bin ary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect ( 22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/contrib/bin ary-i386/Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 I nvalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/non-free/bi nary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...al/non-free/bi nary-i386/Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian/./Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian/./Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://kanotix.com/files/debian/./Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connec tion to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://kanotix.com/files/debian/./Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Its probably not the sources.list file.
The bold indicates that it is your proxy info that is causing the problem. You might have the format messed up.Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/...y-i386/Release Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). - connect (22 Invalid argument)
I use on the command line:
"export http_proxy=http://userasswd@proxy
ort"
"export http_proxy=http://james01:[email protected]:80"
"export ftp_proxy=http://james01:[email protected]:80"
Then apt-get & aptitude & even synaptic work just fine.
Underscore,
Thanks for the example....it's cleared up what was wrong.
I had been using the http_proxy incorrectly by doingOriginally Posted by UnderScore
"export http_proxy=192.168.1.151:8080"
instead of
"export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.151:8080"
as provided by your good self.
Many Thanks
John

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