[SOLVED] Debian wheezy 7.5 upgrades in synaptic not found

Hi All,

I am trying to execute an upgrade of iceweasel. I currently have 24.5 but the latest version is apparently 24.6. However, when I try do upgrade I get the following error.

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/pool/upda...b7u1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.250 80] W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/pool/upda...b7u1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.250 80] W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/pool/upda...b7u1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.250 80]

I guess I should mention that the whilst I've got Debian Wheezy, the kernel is 3.14.

Not sure where I should look to track the problem down. My sources.list looks like this:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

# MATE desktop
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian wheezy main

# Shrew Soft VPN for debian
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

# Ubuntu repo for java 7
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main

# recent multimedia firmware (not official debian stuff)
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy-backports main

My suspicion is that the problem is there, but I'm still not very good at interpreting the details in this file.

Any hints gratefully accepted.

Hi,

did you do an "update" before the "upgrade"?
Eg.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

(don't remember the exact equivalent with synaptic).

If not please do so now and post the output.

Evo2.

Change this

deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

# MATE desktop
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian wheezy main

# Shrew Soft VPN for debian
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

# Ubuntu repo for java 7
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main

# recent multimedia firmware (not official debian stuff)
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy-backports main

To this

deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free
# Ubuntu repo for java 7 #
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
# recent multimedia firmware (not official debian stuff)#
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
# deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy-backports main

I personally wouldn't be mixing Ubuntu PPAs with Debian, it can be a disaster waiting to happen.

Mate is now officially part of Debian and is available for Wheezy through wheezy-backports. The MATE repository is no longer supported and you will be missing out on vital security updates. I would advise you to change all your current MATE packages to the ones available through wheezy-backports.

The shrewsoft line is already part of the Debian repository, you don't need an extra line pointing to the same thing.

Iceweasel for wheezy is actually 24.7 ESR. You can get Iceweasel 31 if you use the Mozilla Debian apt team archive.

As evo2 asked did you do an apt-get update before apt-get upgrade? If not you will not see the latest version of anything and that may be why you are having problems. I suspect your sources.list isn;t helping either though.

Forgot non-free here
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib

Originally Posted by EDDY1 Forgot non-free here deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib

No I didn't forget I used what the OP was already using. As far as I am aware security doesn't even do non-free, I may be wrong and am happy to be corrected if I am.

It's shown here.
https://www.debian.org/security/

Originally Posted by EDDY1 It's shown here. https://www.debian.org/security/

Thanks for that. I thought it wasn't part of security because of licencing issues but I was wrong. I have adjusted the above post to reflect reality.

If you check the sources the OP has they are 404.

Hi,

Originally Posted by EDDY1 If you check the sources the OP has they are 404.

Yes in that post we can see he is trying to install packages with version 24.6.0, if you have a look at the repo the versions there are 24.7.0. So it looks like the OP has an old package index which is why I suggested running "apt-get update".

Evo2.

The OP hasn't been in LQ since starting this thread. I'm sure he will update us with what is going on when he returns.

Hi Folks,

Firstly, thanks for the information and the in depth discussion, which I will have to look into more closely to see if I've understood it all.

Secondly, my apologies for not responding sooner. I'm a tad overworked at the moment and I also got no e-mail to advise me there had been a response... odd.

Thirdly, the Ubuntu repositories are commented out... I guess I should just delete them altogether, eh?

Forthly, I will fix the MATE stuff tonight when I get back from work and see what changes... I've got a few minor issues which might just be due to that.

Lastly, and most importantly, I did not do an update before the upgrade. That was obviously the problem. I'm slowly working through the Debian Administrator's Handbook but haven't got to the bit where APT is explained, yet.

Thanks again, will report back tonight!

Originally Posted by achim_59 Thirdly, the Ubuntu repositories are commented out... I guess I should just delete them altogether, eh?

Why are they there? Did you installed packages from those repositories? If so, do not be surprised if you are unable to successfully install the security updates.

Well with other repo's commented out run

apt-get clean apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade

Why run dist-upgrade? That is only useful with Stable when upgrading to the next release.

There is absolutely no need for apt-get clean in this instance but considering the impending change for MATE from the MATE repository to Debians backports apt-get dist-upgrade may be worthwhile.

apt-get clean clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. It removes everything but the lock file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/. When APT is used as a dselect(1) method, clean is run automatically. Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run apt-get clean from time to time to free up disk space. apt-get update update is used to resynchronize the package index files from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the location(s) specified in /etc/apt/sources.list. For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the Packages.gz files, so that information about new and updated packages is available. An update should always be performed before an upgrade or dist-upgrade. Please be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in advance. apt-get upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. apt-get dist-upgrade dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages.