apt-get parse/access error

[oggi]

Hello,

I installed Knoppix (DVD edition) on my notebook (IBM t40) - what went pretty smooth.

now I tried to install alsa

apt-get install alsa-base

promps heeps of error message that the ftp is incorrect, that it can't parse or open the packagefile and so on.

when giving synaptic a try I get

Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_bina ry-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_stable_main_bin ary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

and more of these messages. Presumably security updates are not available for debian testing/unstabl.

I assume that the ftp location is broken, how can I change it?

doing in synaptic: "update list" it is prompting a lot but no packages appear in the list after update is completed

and due to this debian via knoppix is it recommended to install testing or even unstable packages only?


well, some apt-get questions, I hope I haven't missed relevant threads in the FAQ.

thanks in adcance cheers oggi

[rickenbacherus]

/etc/apt/sources.list

[Stephen]

In the above mentioned file the lines should look like this:

## Debian Sources
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

## Security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

[oggi]

Hi, my file looks similar to this one, only one #, other order - but I assume that doesn' matter.

As far as I understand the output I receive know, the location are correct, but this parse/open error occurs:

Get:50 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release [91B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Sources
Get:51 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release [94B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Sources
Get:52 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release [95B]
Fetched 7674kB in 12s (606kB/s)
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
RESULT=100

[RockMumbles]

do an ls -al /var/lib/dpkg and see if the status file exists. On my debian system I see this for status:
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 987347 Sep 15 11:09 status
...

Your size and date will differ but the permissions should be the same.

Have you done an apt-get update before you tried to install alsa?

~rock

[oggi]

the permission of /var/lib/dpkg/satus looks the same


apt-get update looks fine until it prompts:
can't parse packagelist /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
the packagelist or the statusfile could not be parsed or opened


any idea what might be wrong?

[oggi]

problem solved

renaming status and doing touch status