apt-get problem

wwwjscom · 11-02-2005, 03:11 AM

I'm new to Ubuntu, and linux mostly, and I tried to run sudo apt-get update in the term and I get the following errors:

Code:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err hxtp://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 4B in 6s (1B/s)
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/dists/breezy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/dists/breezy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch hxtp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/source/Sources.gz  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list cdrom://Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012) breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list cdrom://Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012) breezy/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I tried using apt-cdrom add and that didn't help (or maybe I used it wrong), both of my CDROMs are mounted, I even tried to unmount them and try again and still no luck, I also tried changing the servers to the one recomended on ubuntuguide.org but the same deal. Any ideas? I believe I'm using 5.10

Thankx

fouldsy · 11-02-2005, 03:26 AM

apt-get update is used when your sources change, or you're wanting to get the latest list of available packages from the Internet. Not sure why it's trying to update your CD-ROM source lists as it should know they're static. Have you tried apt-setup and adding in some sources across the Internet? The GUI update manager for Ubuntu simplfies all this and might be a tad easier if you're just starting out.

wwwjscom · 11-02-2005, 10:28 AM

I tried adding the sources from ubuntuguide.org and still got the same things. It wont even let me apt-get install x since I'm missing packages things depend on that I can't get via apt-get upgrade because of this error.

stynhx9000 · 11-02-2005, 02:33 PM

Hey,

Try edting your /etc/apt/sources.list file and removing anything that says "CD" in it (or commenting it out). This line should be on the top and will look something like this when you're done:

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 4.10 _Warty Warthog_ - Preview i386 Binary-1 (20041020)]/ unstable main restricted

You can comment out a section by placing '#' (sans quote) in front of the line.

In a term session you can edit this file by using the following command:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list &

I'd recommend making a backup copy of it first.

Cheers,
Ben

wwwjscom · 11-02-2005, 03:37 PM

Cool cool got it working now thankx

stynhx9000 · 11-02-2005, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wwwjscom
Cool cool got it working now thankx

Excellent!

Glad it's working for you.

Cheers,
Ben